ACT EV fleet doubling every year as market share hits 20% for second month in a row

EV Charger The ACT’s electric vehicle policies seem to be working with EV uptake exceeding 20 per cent for month of May, up from just 3% in May 2022. According to the latest data, 318 new EVs were registered ...

Italian luxury electric start-up Aehra unveils sleek “ultra-premium” sedan with 800km range

Italian “ultra-premium” electric automotive brand Aehra has unveiled its new all-electric sedan, a sleek one-box design with sweeping front and rear and a target range of 800 kilometres. Founded in 2020, Aehra is not a name that is going ...

Air taxis might fail to take off, study warns, if wind gust threat keeps them grounded

XPENG X2 first public flight in Dubai There has been a lot of hype around the future of “Air Taxis” for many decades, perhaps partly due to the visions portrayed in futuristic cartoons like The Jetsons and movies like The ...

China set to overtake Japan as world’s largest car exporter thanks to surging EVs

Model 3s line up for shipping from Pier 80. Source: Simon Williams/Twitter Surging shipments from electric vehicles will help China overtake Japan as the world’s largest car exporter in 2023, according to research firm Canalys. Electric vehicle exports from China ...

Tesla Cybertruck lands in New Zealand for winter testing

Image: Tesla Tesla’s Cybertruck is one of the most talked about vehicles to hit the market in recent years, thanks to its unique angular design and exposed steel outer body – and its anticipated impact on the market. A ...

MG unveils Australia’s first new electric car under $40,000

Image: AW via Ludicrous Feed The now Chinese owned brand MG has unveiled Australia’s first sub-$40,000 new electric vehicle – the entry level Excite version of the MG4 which will be priced from $38,990, before on road costs. The ...

Tesla’s GigaTexas reaches production milestone for revolutionary 4680 battery cells

Tesla reaches 10 million 4680 cells. Source: Tesla Tesla says it has produced its 10 millionth 4680 battery cell at the company’s headquarter factory in Austin, Texas. First announced during Tesla’s Battery Day in 2020, the 4680 is a ...

Tesla offering big discounts for off-peak Supercharging at some locations

Tesla Superchargers. Source: tesla Tesla is now charging much less for non-peak EV charging at some of its Australian Superchargers. At Fortitude Valley in Brisbane, non-peak charging is being offered at $0.48 per kWh compared to $0.69 per kWh ...

EV tunnel network “Vegas Loop” gets approval for another expansion

Vegas Loop. Source: The Boring Company Last month Clark County Nevada approved plans to extend the “Vegas Loop” by 25 miles and 18 stations underneath the iconic Las Vegas strip, including the airport. According to the Las Vegas Sun ...

Toyota’s rejects call for electric push and to review anti-climate lobbying

Toyota. Source: Unsplash – Mary B Toyota shareholders have voted down an investor proposal calling for the company to commit to a comprehensive annual review of its climate-related lobbying. Toyota’s board had recommended shareholders vote against the resolution. Three ...

New charger enables EV owners to fill car battery when grid is at its cleanest

Evnex E6 smart EV charger. Source: Evnex EV owners can now optimise their charging during times when the grid is at its cleanest with a new charging product from New Zealand company Evnex. The E2 charger, which was unveiled on Thursday, ...

Tesla deconstructs Model Y to help students learn about EV design and manufacturing

Tesla Model Y deconstruction at Shanghai University of Electric Power Lingang. Source: Tesla Tesla has installed a deconstructed Model Y at Shanghai University of Electric Power to help teach students the intricacies of EV design and manufacturing. The new ...

Tesla deconstructed Model Y to help students learn about EV design and manufacturing

Tesla Model Y deconstruction at Shanghai University of Electric Power Lingang. Source: Tesla Tesla has installed a deconstructed Model Y at Shanghai University of Electric Power to help teach students the intricacies of EV design and manufacturing. The new ...

Chargefox to introduce idle fees to encourage better use of EV charging stations

Source: Chargefox Australian EV charging network Chargefox will trial idle fees at some of its charging stations in Western Australia from July  to encourage better charging etiquette and optimise critical EV infrastructure. Chargefox says as more people switch to ...

XPeng lands 25,000 pre-orders for all-electric G6 in China, in challenge to Model Y

XPeng G6 all-electric crossover. Source: Xpeng Chines EV maker XPeng says it has received over 25,000 pre-sales of its all-electric G6 crossover in China after the first production models hit showrooms on Friday. The G6, which is priced between ...

“Tesla owns the gas stations:” Ford and GM trigger domino effect on EV charging standard

Sandy Munro and Corey Steuben. Source: Munro and Associates Tesla is now poised to take a dominant position in US and even global EV charging after the two biggest legacy car makers in the US announced they would switch ...

Time to go electric: Toyota faces shareholder revolt and calls for board shakeup

Toyota CEO Koji Sato Toyota is facing a revolt from shareholders at its annual general meeting this week from investors demanding that it go electric, and that the company make board changes and disclose its lobbying against progressive climate ...

As EV market grows, where are used EV prices heading?

EV charging. Source: Unsplash – CHUTTERSNAP The emergence of more mature electric vehicle markets overseas can give us pointers to what we will see in the coming months and years in Australia. Norway is already above 80 pure electric sales ...

“At the very far end:” Australia and New Zealand to co-operate on EV supply and manufacturing

From left: NZ Climate Minister James Shaw, Australian Climate Minister Chris Bowen, Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers, and NZ Minister of Finance Grant Robertson signing a memorandum of understanding. Source: Suff.co.nz Australia and New Zealand have decided to work together ...

Legacy auto is failing: Ford CEO says EV transition more than switching drive trains

Jim Farley interview with Robert Llewellyn. Source: Fully Charged Podcast Ford CEO Jim Farley has admitted that legacy car makers are struggling with the transition to electric vehicles, and are too obsessesed over switching drive trains, and not their ...

How Australian lithium helped Tesla make Model 3 cheaper than Toyota Camry

Australian lithium mine. Source: Talison Lithium Australian lithium content in batteries that are made in the US and China may be a major factor behind the recent news that all three US Tesla Model 3 variants now qualify for ...

Tesla Model 3 refresh spotted on California roads, revealing new details of upgrade

Image: The Kilowatts on Twitter Tesla has been working on an updated Model 3 for many months now. Previous reports have suggested that it will be longer and sleeker, and perhaps even sportier, than the current best-selling electric sedan. ...

“This government hates EVs:” Greens slam Victoria’s scrapping of $3000 EV subsidy

Greens transport spokesperson, Katherine Copsey MLC. Source Victorian Greens The Greens have slammed the Victorian Labor government’s decision to scrap the state’s $3,000 Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) subsidy, labelling it as “a backwards step” for EV uptake in the ...

Tesla Model 3 now has lower purchase price than Toyota Camry in California

Toyota Camry and Tesla Model 3. Source: Toyota – Tesla Tesla appears to have adjusted its supply chain to enable all versions of the Model 3 in the US to become eligible for the full $US7,500 IRA tax credit, ...

Tesla offers £4,000 “cash for clunkers” trade-in for new EVs

Tesla has launched a car scrappage program – also known as a “cash for clunkers” program – in the UK to incentivise new electric vehicle customers and help take older polluting vehicles off the road. For the month of ...

Electric vehicles take 16.7 pct share of new car market in UK, Model Y leads

Registrations of full battery electric vehicles have jumped again in the UK to take a 16.9 per cent share of the new car market in May, according to new data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). ...

Volkswagen launches 3-row ID. Buzz electric van in North America

Volkswagen launches ID. Buzz in North America. Source: VW Volkswagen has launched the North American version of its ID. Buzz at Huntington Beach near Los Angeles. The ID. Buzz is the all-electric next generation of VW’s classic Kombi van, ...

Conservative voters are switching to EVs faster than the national average

Tesla lithium refinery Texas Conservative voters in the United States are increasingly making the switch to electric vehicles. In some conservative areas, EV uptake is much higher than the national average. According to The Washington Post, EV uptake in the ...

May 2023 Australian EV sales data – Tesla and BYD take 73 pct of electric market

Image: Riz Akhtar Electric vehicle sales in the month of May saw a record monthly total and Tesla dominate once again, this time with the Model Y. BYD also saw it’s biggest month so far as it has officially ...

Debunking Mr Bean’s electric tropes: EVs are far better for the planet than ICE vehicles

Reliant Regal. Public Domain Having to write a story debunking a Guardian opinion piece full of inaccurate tropes on electric vehicles written by the creator of the TV character Mr Bean was not on my 2023 bingo card. In his ...

Electric Ford Mustangs have a demand problem as Mach-E sales slump 44 pct

Ford Mach-E. Source: Ford Ford has posted disappointing sales numbers for its electric vehicle division for the month of May with its flagship Mustang Mach-E down 44% year on year. Ford sold just 2,917 units of the Mach-E in ...

Model Y becomes best selling SUV in Australia, as EV sales hit record

The Tesla Model Y has become the best-selling SUV in Australia, and the third best selling car of any type, in a record breaking month for the EV market and overall new car market. The latest data from the ...

MG4 electric SUV test vehicle spotted in Sydney ahead of arrival

Image: AW via Ludicrous Feed A white MG4 engineering evaluation and testing vehicle has been spotted in Sydney ahead of its official customer deliveries later this year.  It is a parked white MG4 and was spotted by viewer AW, ...

BYD posts record electric vehicle sales in May as it chases down Tesla

Image: BYD Dolphin in Thailand via Car2day BYD continued its astonishing growth in the EWV market, selling 119,603 fully electric vehicles in the month of May as it seeks to knock US heavyweight Tesla off its perch as the ...

Norwegian new vehicle emissions plunge as plug-in electrics hit stunning 91% market share

Norway Tesla Model Y. Source: Unsplash – Kilian Kremer and Charlie Deets New data out of Norway shows plug-in electric vehicles have hit a staggering 91% share of new car sales for the month of May 2023. Of the ...

Polestar 2 now gets YouTube and more with new OTA software update

In 2021, Polestar launched the Polestar 2 in Australia. Image: Riz Akhtar EVs and over-the-air (OTA) software updates go hand-in-hand. Now Polestar has announced one of the biggest ones so far containing entertainment, phone connectivity enhancements and improved range ...

Two not so super cars caught ICEing Tesla Superchargers

Supercars ICEing Supercharger. Source Tessi via PlugShare A Lamborghini and a McLaren have been caught out “ICEing” a Tesla Supercharger station at Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast in Australia. ICEing is the term used to describe when petrol ...

ACT unveils state-of-the-art electric fire truck – first of its kind in southern hemisphere

The ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) as added a state-of-the-art plug-in hybrid electric heavy duty fire truck to its Fire and rescue fleet. The new fire truck operates with a fully electric drive, backed up by diesel capacity to be ...

Tesla and BYD lead world on EVs by country mile, as Japan car makers drag the chain

Tesla manufacturing. Source: Tesla A major new study from the one of the world’s top transport think tanks shows that Tesla and rapidly emerging Chinese rival BYD are leading the world on the transition to EVs by some distance, ...

Australian company pioneers dynamic charging for electric mining trucks

Bluvein Dynamic Charging for mining vehicles. Source: Bluvein Australian company BluVein is developing a dynamic charging system which enables mining vehicles to be recharged while in operation. If successful, the dynamic charging technology will enable higher utilisation rates of ...

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