Ed Lynch-Bell is Principal at Second Mouse, dedicated to building more sustainable energy tech and mobility products, services and businesses. Ed is also a co-host of EV Meetup, bringing the e-mobility industry together across Australia. The next EV Meetup is Wednesday June 17th in Brisbane.

Charging

What if networks dropped kerbside charging access fees, and actually switched them on?

Energy networks argue the competitive market cannot provide kerbside charging. But this argument is based on a cost regime that is designed and imposed by energy networks.

4 min

Electric Bikes

April Fool: Why paying cyclists isn’t such a joke

The Department of Pedalling and Perspiration suggests cyclists should be paid $1 per kilometre and up to $50 a day for their efforts in reducing fuel consumption. I feel quite the April fool for wishing it were true.

4 min

EV News

EVs did not wreck the great Australian weekend, and electric trucks may just save the farm

The war in Iran underlines how fossil fuel addiction makes Australian road freight vulnerable. As the truckies’ bumper sticker puts it, “When trucks stop, Australia stops”. There are electric options.

4 min

Charging

What the latest performance rankings tell us about Australia’s DC fast chargers

It is clear, though, from the wide variety of different apps available in Australia that there is a big variation in both quality and approach to initiating charging.

3 min

Electric Transport

Trailer technology: The stepping stone to long-distance truck electrification

Fully electric trucks may still be years away, but new trailer technologies are already helping cut diesel use in Australia’s freight sector, from solar-powered refrigeration to regenerative energy axles.

3 min

Licence to ride? Queensland families face lentil dinners under e-bike proposal

Queensland’s rumoured e-bike licensing plan may sound like a safety measure, but it risks discouraging cycling, hurting delivery workers and pushing more cars back onto already crowded streets.

4 min

Never mind the FBT, there’s a much better tax lever to pull to put a rocket under EV sales

If Chris Bowen and Jim Chalmers want to do something to boost electric vehicle uptake, there is a much better policy lever to pull than the Fringe Benefits Tax.

4 min

Electric Bikes

BMX Bandits to eBike Bandits: The kids are not the problem, it’s the lack of clear standards

More than 40 years ago, Nicole Kidman's career was launched by a film about BMX Bandits. These days, kids are riding e-bikes, and again copping flak. But the real problem is a lack of standards.

Top half of an android auto screen showing predicted charger evailability

2 min

Charging

Google Maps now predicts EV charger availability – just in time for Christmas

Google has just launched a new feature to make life a little simpler for EV drivers - an estimate of how many stalls will be free when you arrive at a charger on your route.

Man flipping a switch on an electrical consumer unit

3 min

Revcharge brings V2G to market – no waiting list required

V2G was a prominent feature at the Everything Electric show in Melbourne over the weekend. But one offering in particular caught my eye.

Ed Lynch-Bell