This news makes you wonder if Australia’s take-up of solar and Tesla batteries are as important as Norway’s support for Tesla vehicles. Australia, with the highest proportion of home rooftop solar in the world (about 30%), is certainly a world leader in distributed renewable energy. Natural Solar issued a press … [continued]
Australia Post is adding 175 UBCO Duty electric motorcycles to its mail fleet, building onto its existing delivery fleet that already includes some 5,000 electric vehicles. These e-motorbikes will be put into operation across all states and territories in Australia, with the intent of expanding Australia Post’s ability to deploy … [continued]
Energex has released the results of its latest Queensland Household Energy Survey, including an “Electric Vehicles” section. Although we are cautioned that a higher percentage of households that are amenable to renewable energy and the electrification of transport take part in the survey, the results are still somewhat encouraging. Some … [continued]
Blue Bird has delivered its two thousandth electric school bus, which is good news for back-to-school stories. The Swiss Post is introducing totally electric delivery for letters and parcels. This is the fourth straight month that Nio deliveries have exceeded 20,000. Meanwhile, smart is launching its EVs down in Australia. … [continued]
What’s this? A giant gingerbread Tesla? A Supercharger you can eat? In a marketing master stroke, Tesla launched its newest charging station in Queensland, Australia, on August 2nd. It is located in the carpark of the Ginger Factory based on the Sunshine Coast. Unfortunately, Majella and I had a prior … [continued]
An undersea power cable will transport solar energy from sunny Australia to Singapore, helping the island nation transition to carbon-free electricity.
Fossil fuel lending is under pressure from a variety of sources, including climate activists and the World Bank.
I was incredibly pleased and excited to read this headline in my newsfeed this morning from the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC): “Commonwealth Bank stops lending to fossil fuel companies without genuine emissions plan.” It’s about time. Add that to the withdrawal of support from some of Australia’s very well-funded superannuation … [continued]
Following the feedback of many of our readers, this time I have created something different, a markets roundup article! The article highlights the main EV markets and brings to the limelight a few others that are usually under the radar. Please note that some markets include estimates, so if you … [continued]
About 8% of new cars sold in Australia in July were plug-in electric vehicles (battery electric and plug-in hybrid). That’s down from the H1 average of approximately 10%. At least it isn’t Groundhog Day. The spectacular launch of Xpeng into the Australian market is expected to shift the ground. Although … [continued]
