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 Australi. The next EV Meetup is Thursday March 5th in Sydney.

Charging

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

Top half of an android auto screen showing predicted charger evailability

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.

2 min

Charging

Tesla opens its 75,000th supercharger stall – in Australia, with a celebratory colour

Tesla opens its 75,000th supercharger stall globally, right here in Australia, with a special glacier blue paint scheme.

1 min

Charging

China now boasts more than 18.5 million EV charging points

The number of charging points in China - what it refers to as individual “guns” - increased by 54 per cent from the same period in 2024.

2 min

Charging

New round of EV charger grants will focus on regional towns and “iconic road trip routes”

Electric vehicle chargers will be rolled out across regional hotspots in a bid to attract more visitors to country towns.

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.

2 min

Charging

AGL’s kerbside chargers join Chargefox – but why only one way?

We're still asking EV drivers to manage too many apps. Some offer RFID cards, some don't. Some participate in roaming, some don't. It's a mess that hinders adoption.

3 min

The shared vehicle-to-grid fleet that is helping relieve grid congestion in evening peaks

A world-leading vehicle to grid trial has released its first results, highlighting benefits of having 50 EVs helping out the grid in one spot at the same time.

3 min

Charging

Tesla finally shares Supercharger availability data with Google Maps: But what took so long?

Tesla has opened up live Supercharger availability to Google Maps at last, though it still doesn’t show which sites are open to non-Teslas. A welcome update, but it begs the question: why the long delay?

3 min

Charging

Milk, eggs and a fully charged EV: Supermarkets turn to solar canopies and public charging

Retailers are set to drive public fast charging as they hone in on a new revenue model from electricity sales.

2 min

Tesla’s biggest Model Y variant to feature V2L tech

Tesla to expand offering vehicle-to-load (V2L) feature, this time in its biggest Model Y variant via an OTA update - and an adapter.

Charging