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Hybrids were only ever a waypoint, and their story is often misunderstood
As battery-electric cars become cheaper, more capable and easier to charge, the addressable market for hybrids contracts.The EV culture wars haven’t finished, and misinformation is still rife in mainstream media
I can forgive occasional misinformation in mainstream media from people who leap into an EV without doing their homework. But I object to deliberate tripe.
France and Germany cut deal to delay phase out of internal combustion cars, reports say
France and Germany agree to push for further weakening of ICE car phaseout, in deal that could break months-long deadlock among EU member states.
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Australians are buying EVs every 100 seconds as car choice, charging and affordability accelerates
EVs have truly hit the suburbs, but we have much more work to do on electric trucks and charging infrastructure.Â
The PHEV emissions problem is not the plug-in hybrid. It is the “plug-in maybes”
Plug-in hybrids can work, but only if we design them, and manage them, for how people actually travel. The experience in Australia is more promising than Europe.
A $440 million electric car tax looms for one state unless PM steps in with national scheme
Road-user charge forecast to collect $440 million in its first three years, with EV drivers charged more than 3c per kilometre and plug-in hybrid drivers charged 2.4c.
EV charging is a fairness test – not a tech problem Â
Do we want a patchwork of closed EV charging networks, multiple apps and location-based pricing power, or shared infrastructure, open access and genuine competition?
Can Australia’s “little Norway” reach net zero by 2045? It will need very strong EV targets to get there
ACT’s climate strategy underestimates the scale of change needed in its plan to reach net zero by 2045. Serious EV targets might be necessary.
