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Ben Elliston

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Ben Elliston is the ACT branch chair of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association and an independent energy researcher.
Ben Elliston

Ben Elliston is the ACT branch chair of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association and an independent energy researcher.

  • EV News

The fossil car industry in Norway is nearly dead. Who are selling the last ICE vehicles?

  • 11 March 2026
  • 9 comments
  • Ben Elliston
Circle K EV charging forecourt. Image: Circle K Norway.
What do the dying embers of the fossil car industry look like? Who gets to sell the last ICE car? Norway provides a case study.
EV Charging
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  • 3 min
  • Charging
  • EV News

Hotel and motel EV charging fees are becoming incredibly expensive

  • 14 January 2026
  • 13 comments
  • Ben Elliston
Destination charging has always had its place. Some of it used to be free, but now many of the hotel and motel installations are incredibly expensive. Like internet fees, that has to change.
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  • 4 min
  • EV Explainers
  • EV News

EV range ratings – how do they work, and what do they mean?

  • 10 December 2025
  • 7 comments
  • Ben Elliston
Many new EV drivers bought their vehicle with an eye on the range printed on the windscreen sticker. But they won't achieve that on a highway.
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  • 4 min
  • EV News
  • Policy

The dirty Australian loophole in plug-in hybrid emissions ratings

  • 22 July 2025
  • 23 comments
  • Ben Elliston
New regulations in Europe recognise that plug in hybrids are three times more polluting than previously claimed. The Australian government needs to catch up and close this emissions loophole.
Northern Territory highway government electric vehicle strategy -canva - optimised
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  • 5 min
  • Road Trips
  • Top News

Really long EV road trips are actually not that hard – with better route planning

  • 2 February 2025
  • 27 comments
  • Ben Elliston
Better route planning means being able to make very long trips in electric cars with surprisingly little time waiting to charge. And it's not just about wind speed and avoiding lonely chargers.
a tesla in norway
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  • 3 min
  • EV News

Just 45 petrol cars sold in Norway in July as EVs hit 92 per cent of sales

  • 15 August 2024
  • 25 comments
  • Ben Elliston
Norway sold just 45 fossil-fuelled cars in the month of July as the share of full battery electric vehicles hit a record 92 per cent.
Pooh’s Corner on the King’s Highway
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  • 5 min
  • Reviews
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  • Top News

Will we make it? Canberra to the coast and back in a very short range Nissan Leaf EV

  • 27 March 2024
  • Ben Elliston
A new fast charger in Braidwood makes it possible to go from Canberra to the coast and back in a Nissan Leaf, despite having a maximum range of just 110 km.
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  • 3 min
  • Electric Work Vehicles

Tesla Semis and electric depots put to the test on range and grid connections

  • 18 September 2023
  • Ben Elliston
Run on Less events put spotlight on grid connection, load management, charging regimes, as well as range, for a series of electric trucks, including the Tesla Semi.
BYD Dolphin CCS Charging Port NZ
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  • 4 min
  • Charging
  • Electric Cars

Is this the death of CHAdeMO, the Japanese EV charging standard?

  • 31 August 2023
  • One comment
  • Ben Elliston
Despite its bi-directional charging abilities, electric vehicles fitted with CHAdeMO are fast becoming a minority and even Japanese car makers are moving away from the standard.
Electric vehicle charging
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  • 6 min
  • EV Explainers
  • Policy
  • Top News

Fuel efficiency standards explained: How they work and what they do

  • 4 July 2023
  • Ben Elliston
Despite a lot of recent talk Australia still doesn't have a vehicle emission standard. It's costing us our health and making EVs more expensive. So what exactly is a vehicle emissions standard and why is it important?

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