EV Explainer: Charging your electric vehicle with excess solar power
The cleanest, cheapest and most convenient way to charge your EV is with your own rooftop solar. Here are some tips.
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Want to know more about electric vehicles? Get your questions answered here by The Driven.
We explain what electric vehicles are available, how to charge electric vehicles, how far you can drive them, how to make buying them easier, and debunk electric vehicle myths.
Tim has 20 years experience in the IT industry including 14 years as a network engineer and site reliability engineer at Google Australia. He is an EV and renewable energy enthusiast who is most passionate about helping people understand and adopt these technologies.
I have just hit 2 years and 65,000km of EV ownership. Here are my top 20 insights
Range, charging, insurance, vehicle to home, petrol emissions, tires, safety and acceleration - some of my main insights from two years of owning an electric car.
Who cares if it takes hours to charge an electric vehicle?
When you drive an ICE vehicle, you’re bound by the location of service stations, and tied to the economics of oil prices. With an EV, any power point is a potential bowser.
Which electric vehicles have the highest ground clearance?
Whether you often drive on dirt roads or just have a steep driveway, ground clearance can be an important factor when purchasing a vehicle.
EV Explainer: Eight reasons to start driving an electric vehicle
There are a lot of benefits to driving an EV. Here are a few to help counteract the myths being peddled in the media by the fossil car lobby.
Why is public high power EV charging so much more expensive than charging at home?
If you are wondering why DC fast charging is so expensive, look at the network costs and demand charges. And then think about the cost of breakfast at a cafe.
The really big question for EV drivers: Will my battery last?
New chemistries, new cooling systems and now new government rules will give EV drivers more confidence about how long their car battery will last.
Electric vehicles use half the energy of fossil-fuel vehicles
There's an assumption uptake of EVs will require a huge amount of additional electricity on the grid. But even a coal-fired power plant is less wasteful than a petrol car engine.
New to the EV market? Here’s what you need to know, unlearn and debunk
Your new year’s goal is to buy an electric vehicle – but where do you begin?
Cost parity for EVs: Electric MGs cost same as petrol MGs, if charged with solar
Analysis by Australia's biggest bank shows the total cost of ownership of a fully electric MG ZS is the same as the petrol version - as long as the EV is charged by rooftop solar.