The Driven Podcast: Joining the dots from EVs to the grid
Greensync’s Phil Blythe on why a pilot in Wellington may provide a blueprint of how to integrate consumer charging habits and the needs of the grid.
EV Transition Conference
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On August 26-27 2019, The Driven held its inaugural Electric Vehicle Transition Conference in Sydney.
These stories are just some of the highlights from the industry experts and political stakeholders present at the Conference.
From policy, market forecasts, infrastructure, grid integration, vehicle-to-grid technologies and consumer models, automation, and innovation – all facets of the transition to electric vehicles are covered.
Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded the Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid web sites. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years, is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review, and owns a Tesla Model 3.
The Driven Podcast: What does the grid operator want to do with electric vehicles?
AEMO is looking at how electric vehicles fit into the grid. AEMO’s Greg Staib even imagines them used as batteries at peak times. Pity if you are trying to flag down a share car at the same time.
The Driven Podcast: Electric vehicles – Do we know what the consumers want?
Everyone assumes that the electric vehicle transition will happen anyway. But Alina Dini, from the Institute of Future Environments, asks: Has anyone asked the consumer what they want?
The Driven Podcast: Why EVs already make financial sense for fleet managers
Anna Skarbek, the head of ClimateWorks Australia, on the key role of electric vehicles in meeting emissions reduction targets, and why they already make financial sense for fleet owners.
The Driven Podcast: Will electric cars replace household batteries?
Tim Washington from Jet Charge on why electric vehicles may replace household batteries, and why EVs may be more valuable as batteries on wheels, rather than wheels with batteries.
Why every building is a potential electric vehicle charging station
Huge costs to upgrade the grid to cope with demand for EV charging can be avoided by installing chargers that use smart software.
Electric vehicle policy faces long road against hard right: Butler
Labor climate spokesman says hyperbole and rhetoric of hard right in media and government will put the brakes on coherent electric vehicle policy in Australia.
ACT finalises shift to 100 per cent renewables, now eyes transition to electric vehicles
The ACT government is finalising its shift to 100 per cent renewables and is now focused on decarbonising transport with a shift to electric vehicles.
Australia slow shift to EVs is putting carbon budget at risk
Australia's slow uptake of electric vehicles could blow out the carbon budget, and a target of 50% EV sales 2030 was needed to keep the country on track.
Electric vehicles are already cheaper than petrol cars for fleet owners
Data gleaned by ClimateWorks with Victorian councils shows there are already EVs that are within or below normal council operating costs.