At a recent Solar Citizens rally in the seat of Dixon, I had the intellectually stimulating opportunity to converse with Mike Westerman of GHD about the viability of pumped hydro (PHES). Mike is the lead for GHD on hydropower. GHD (named from the initials of the founders, engineers Gutteridge, Haskins, … [continued]
I’ve seen it all before. Every time a new car is released on to the Australian market, someone starts a Facebook group and the cycle repeats. It reminds me so much of when mobile phones came out and my teenage kids would sit around the table and share tips and … [continued]
The Geely EX5 is making waves in the Australian electric vehicle market. Over 1000 have been ordered in the past couple of months. Majella and I got to participate in a pre-launch viewing two months ago. At that time, not all the specs or even the price were available. Now … [continued]
As the list of electric vehicles entering the Australian new car market goes ever longer, I thought it might be worth looking at how these cars are being marketed to the public. There are very few EV advertisements on free to air TV. This is not surprising, as most younger … [continued]
Solar Citizens is a renewable energy lobby group with passion and intellect! With a federal election just days away in Australia, they coud not resist staging an event promoting renewable energy and electric vehicles. The “Future is Now” event was held in the seat of Dickson, currently held by a … [continued]
A recent discussion paper by the Electric Vehicle Council has provoked conversations around workplace EV charging. If employees have electric vehicles, could workplace EV charging be used as an incentive — to return to the office, to headhunt talent, as an added bonus, etc.? What might be the issues? Bear … [continued]
It has been a couple of years since I have written about electric vehicles in India. My interest was piqued again recently when a friend of mine returned from the sub-continent and declared “EVs are everywhere.” Of course, the vast majority have fewer than 4 wheels. I wonder if our … [continued]
One of the advantages of owning a Tesla compared to many other makes of electric vehicles is the ability to access home servicing. Tess (our Tesla) is coming up to 160,000 km driven over the past five and half years. The odometer tells me that we have driven 154,567 km … [continued]
The trials are over and more green buses are on order for Australia! We’ll look at the progress in three states — South Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland. Then, we’ll look at the newest offerings from bus companies. With the majority of electricity produced in the state of South … [continued]
Last Thursday night, we had the pleasure and honour of standing amidst a crowd of over 100 people for the Juniper Tesla Model Y launch at Tesla’s Brisbane delivery centre in Pinkenba (yep, that’s a real name). The Tesla Model Y only arrived in Australia three years ago, and now … [continued]
