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Supplied The Queensland government is to provide $2.7 million to local passenger transport company Emerald Coaches to integrate two hydrogen fuel cell electric buses into the company’s existing fleet by mid-2023. Acting premier and minister for state development Steven Miles ...

Volvo Cars grabs stake in ultra-fast charging battery developer StoreDot

Source: StoreDot Israeli battery developer StoreDot, the developers of promised ultra fast EV battery charging technology, has attracted Volvo Cars as an investor in its latest funding round. Volvo Cars says it wants to work with StoreDot on new ...

Slow return at Shanghai Gigafactory bad sign for Model Y in Australia

The GigaPress machines used to make Model Y single-piece rear castings. Source: Tesla Tesla’s Shanghai gigafactory has recommenced production after an outbreak of Covid-19 in the major Chinese city caused it and numerous other companies to close. But the ...

Model Y gets added features ahead of long awaited Australian launch

Source: Jay in Shanghai The Tesla Model Y – now the top selling EV in some key markets – appears to be getting some last minute upgrades ahead of its long awaited launch in Australia. The Model Y – ...

Audi unveils “office lounge on wheels” concept for China traffic jams

The Audi Urbansphere concept. Source: Audi Audi has unveiled its latest concept vehicle, the Urbansphere, which has the largest interior space of any Audi to date and is designed specifically for use in the traffic-dense Chinese megacities such as Shanghai ...

Volkswagen delivered nearly 100,000 full battery EVs in first quarter

The ID.4 Source: Volkswagen German automaker Volkswagen Group says it delivered 99,100 battery electric vehicles during the first quarter and has an order book of around 300,000 vehicles in Western Europe alone. “Demand for our all-electric vehicles is very ...

Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX drives 1,000km on a single charge

Image: Supplied Delivering on a promise it made nearly a year ago, German luxury automotive brand Mercedes-Benz has this week revealed that its Vision EQXX four-door concept successfully completed a picturesque European journey of over 1,000-kilometres on a single battery ...

Dealers and owners offer “used” EVs at massive premiums to new car price

Source: Hyundai The scarcity of new electric vehicles coming into Australia has led some car dealers and EV owners to ask as much as $25,000 more for their “used” electric cars than the price of a new car. In ...

Volkswagen flags electric range boost to 700km and faster charging speeds

Volkswagen expects to boost its electric vehicle range to up to 700km and increase its charging speeds as part of a suite of enhancements to its modular electric drive – or MEB – platform. Speaking at the UBS Paris ...

Tritium signs major new deal to supply EV fast chargers to BP

Brisbane-based electric vehicle charging company Tritium has inked a major deal with global oil major BP to support its shift to electric mobility with the supply of EV chargers and related services. The multi-year global contract, announced by Tritium ...

“World first” trial to integrate electric bus charging with grid in Sydney

One of 6 Custom Denning Elements at Busways Penrith in Sydney, seen at Penrith Station. Source: Custom Denning group, Facebook. Image: Oli Poate A world first trial by three Australian companies to better integrate bus depots with the energy ...

The Mercedes EQXX Just Did 1,000 Kilometres On A Single Charge - Here's How It Did That

Earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Mercedes unveiled the Vision EQXX Concept, a car that it claimed would cover over 1,000 kilometres on a single charge of its battery pack. Now, the EQXX has proven the claims ...

Evie Networks to roll out EV fast chargers in another 55 towns

Render of Tritium RTM50. Supplied Australian EV fast-charging network Evie Networks says it has received Victorian Government backing for new public EV fast-charging stations in 55 towns throughout the state regions. The new Evie fast-charging stations will feature a ...

Everrati finds partner to boost electric Porsche 911 deliveries

Everrati, British specialists in electrifying automotive icons, has announced a partnership with Aria Group, experts in low-volume specialist manufacturing and composites, in an effort to meet increasing US demand for the company’s electrified Porsche 911. The Porsche 911 is ...

Hyundai Ioniq 5 Is The World Car Of The Year - EVs Dominate WCOTY 2022

The winners of the World Car Of The Year 2022 were announced with the Hyundai Ioniq 5 taking home the titular award. EVs won a total of 5 of the 6 categories at the WCOTY awards that were announced at ...

Electric cars melt the ICE to dominate World Car of Year awards

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 wins the 2022 World Car Awards. Source: WCS A revolution in automotive design, coupled with oodles of luxury features and powerful electrifying performance has seen electric cars sweep away the age of combustion engines in the ...

BMW promises to use green aluminum for wheels from 2024

German automaker BMW has announced its plans to start using aluminum produced with 100% green power for the wheels of its BMW and Mini brands, starting from 2024. According to BMW, the production of wheels has accounted for around ...

BMW’s iX3 and iX electric SUVs: Cherishing the past and painting the future

BMW’s first-ever iX, which launched in Australia late last year. If it hadn’t been tipping down with rain, the marketing and product development folk at BMW would have had us (a bunch of car journalists invited to the company’s ...

Queensland launches Australia’s first all-electric bus depot and 30 new e-buses

Source: Clarks Queensland’s Labor government has made a significant downpayment on its commitment to make every new bus in the state zero emissions by 2030, with the roll out of 30 new electric buses and the launch of what ...

When sparks fly: Ioniq 5 charges up a Harley Livewire with V2L

Nigel Morris is so enamored with his electric Harley Livewire motor bike he would never dream of calling it a load. But that is exactly what it was the other day when it hooked into a Hyundai Ioniq 5, taking ...

Jeep unveils all-electric Magneto concept at Easter “Safari” event

Image: Jeep Jeep is celebrating its annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, with a range of new concepts, including the Jeep Wrangler Magneto 2.0, a battery-electric off-roader with a reported 466kW output. Among the 10 concept vehicles on ...

Toyota reveals pricing for its first electric SUV, the bZ4X

Toyota has officially launched and priced its first electric SUV, the bZ4X, as it starts to play catch-up in the transition to EVs with a $70 billion plan to sell 3.5 million electric vehicles by 2030. The Toyota bZ4X SUV ...

Porsche shows how electric Taycans can help the grid with V2G

German automaker Porsche has this week demonstrated the vehicle-to-grid capabilities of its all-electric and high priced Taycan in a pilot conducted with German grid operator TransnetBW and consulting firm Intelligent Energy System Services. Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology – the ability ...

Tata To Ramp Up EV Production To Meet Increased Demand For Electric Models

Indian carmaker Tata Motors has confirmed that it will be ramping up production of its electric cars and SUVs to meet the increasing demand for EVs in the country. Tata Motors has been receiving on average 5,500 to 6,000 bookings ...

New BYD Thai factory to make electric cars for RHD markets

BYD Dolphin. Source: BYD BYD is reportedly preparing to set up a new manufacturing plant in Thailand where it will make electric cars for right-hand-drive markets including the UK and Australia. The news is important for Australia because BYD ...

Nio forced to halt production due to COVID, supply chain shortages

Source: Nio Chinese EV manufacturer Nio has been forced to suspend production due to local supply chain issues caused by the impact of further Covid-19 restrictions. Nio published a statement on its mobile app over the weekend explaining that ...

GM’s autonomous EV “bolts” after being pulled over by police

Source: Twitter An autonomous Chevy Bolt operated by self-driving firm Cruise appeared to be almost too smart for its own good when it was pulled over by San Francisco police on Sunday, only to then appear to take matters ...

Look who’s ruining the weekend now: Why it’s so hard to buy an electric car

PM Morrison backed Small Business Minister Michaelia Cash’s attack over electric cars. AAP Blink and you may miss it. On Wednesday at around 1pm – the web page permitting – around 100 brand new Ioniq 5 electric SUVs will ...

Tesla planes and a $15,000 EV: What might be in Part 3 of Musk’s master plan to end fossil fuels

13 August 2021, Brandenburg, Gruenheide: CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk stands at the construction site of the Tesla Gigafactory during a press event. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB The market value of electric vehicle and storage company Tesla is now ...

Elon Musk announces Tesla Robotaxi EV at Texas factory opening

Elon Musk opens Giga Texas. Source: Youtube Tesla boss Elon Musk has announced a new electric car model at the livestreamed opening of the EV maker’s newest and biggest EV factory in Texas, hinting that plans for a $25,000 “Model ...

Smart #1 Electric SUV Revealed - City Specialist Goes Electric

German city car specialist Smart has revealed its first-ever SUV in the form of the #1 EV. The Smart #1 electric SUV is also the first car from the marque since the joint venture partnership between Mercedes and Geely concerning ...

Tesla raises Model 3 Long Range and Performance prices in US

Source: Tesla Tesla has again increased the price of its two premium Model 3 variants in the US, just three weeks after a general increase to all of its models. In the US, the Long Range Model 3 now costs ...

Musk opens Berlin Gigafactory: “We have to make a lot of electric cars”

Elon Musk has opened Tesla’s Berlin Gigafactory and presented the keys to the first Model Y electric cars off the production line, and declared that scale was the key to complete the switch from a fossil fuel economy to a ...

Mercedes-Benz Teases EQS SUV - Global Debut Set For April 19th

German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz has teased its upcoming flagship electric EQS SUV. The Mercedes EQS SUV will be unveiled on the 19th of April. The teaser image of the EQS SUV doesn’t really give us any details about the electric ...

Lexus RZ Electric SUV Teased Ahead Of Debut

Japanese luxury carmaker Lexus has dropped a few teaser images of the upcoming RZ battery-electric SUV. The Lexus RZ electric SUV will debut on the 20th of April at a global event that will be broadcast on the company’s website. ...

VW’s big electric vehicle plans to outsell Tesla in Australia

Source: Volkswagen Within years, we could be seeing more Volkswagen ID.4s, Cupra Borns and Skoda Enyaqs on the road than Tesla electric cars, if a prediction made by Volkswagen Group Australia (VGA) managing director Paul Sansom proves true. Sansom, ...

GM and Honda team up to make “affordable” EVs to help more people go electric

The Bolt EUV starts at $US38,495 in the US. Source: GM General Motors has partnered with Japanese automaker Honda to co-develop a series of affordable EVs in a move the two companies hope will “put people all over the ...

Model Y becomes best-selling passenger car in UK, edges out Model 3

Model Y. Source: Tesla Continuing a global dominance of the electric vehicle industry, Tesla has secured the top two spots for best-selling vehicle New numbers published this week by the UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed ...

Kia EV6 & Hyundai Ioniq 5 India Launch Details Revealed

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 and the Kia EV6 are set to arrive in India soon. Now a new report has revealed the exact times when we can expect these two south Korean flagship EVs to arrive in India. According to ...

“Best month ever:” EV sales take off as interest in going electric surges

The EQA compact SUV. Source: Mercedes-Benz Electric vehicles have had their best month ever in Australia, with new auto industry sales data revealing that new pure battery-electric car sales accounted for 2.5% of the market in March. That might ...

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