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

A 1,000 km day trip in our EV to a country town and back – and just 43 minutes charge time

Over the 1,000 km to a country town and back, we stopped to charge for a total of 43 minutes, which is 17 minutes less than the recommended breaks for a single driver.

Circle K EV charging forecourt. Image: Circle K Norway.

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EV News

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

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.

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Hotel and motel EV charging fees are becoming incredibly expensive

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

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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The dirty Australian loophole in plug-in hybrid emissions ratings

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

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.

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EV News

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

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.

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

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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Electric Work Vehicles

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

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.

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

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.

Ben Elliston