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.

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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.

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State’s fastest EV charging station opens on major highway, backed by a battery

Backed by solar and a battery, the two fastest EV charging stations in W.A. have opened on a major highway.

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Tesla reaches major Supercharger milestone with 150th site in Australia

Tesla celebrates its latest Supercharger milestone, delivering its 150th site across the country.

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Oil giant signs up its EV charging network to Chargefox app

Chargefox adds 270+ plugs to its app with over 300,000 users seeing more charging plugs than ever before.

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Plan for three big charging hubs for electric trucks gets federal funding

Up to 100 electric trucks will able to 'fuel up' at three high-powered charging stations as part of a $61 million project designed to reduce emissions from Australia's freight network.

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BYD races towards its goal of 20,000 Flash Chargers with huge growth in first quarter

BYD announces Flash Charging rollout update on its game-changing charging tech with new battery allowing fast charging in 5 minutes.

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Ford F-150 Lightning electric ute owners told to trickle charge as local distributor goes bust

The 150 Australian owners of the Ford F-150 Lightning electric ute told not to fast charge their car because of fire risk. The advice came amid news the parent company of the car distributor has gone bust.

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Petrol giant breaks ground on massive, 24-bay EV charging hub at Melbourne Airport

Oil giant breaks ground on its first large-scale charging hub in Australia, a 24-bay site at Melbourne Airport that it plans to complete later this year.

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As petrol and diesel prices soar, EV fast-charging costs are falling

Petrol and diesel prices at the bowser have nearly doubled in a month. Prices of many highway supercharging stations, on the other hand, are falling.

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Tesla introduces foldable supercharger for faster and cheaper rollout

Tesla launches foldable superchargers, lowering cost and time to deploy, helping rollout bigger sites sooner.

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