Hooked on foreign oil: Morrison does nothing for EVs in budget, but cuts petrol tax
Morrison government does nothing for EVs in latest budget, but will spend around $2 billion on a temporary halving of the fuel excise.
Australia’s car industry reveals slow progress on emissions reductions
Cars sold in Australia are marginally cleaner than they were last year, but are considerably dirtier than those sold in the EU and other markets.
Lotus unveils its first “lifestyle EV” – an all-electric hyper-SUV called Eletre
Iconic racing and sports car maker unveils latest all-electric offering, shifting lanes into the ever-so slightly more real world with a Hyper-SUV.
An off-grid EV fast charger goes live at Victoria community co-op
An off-grid EV fast charger goes live in a Victoria co-up that supplies its own power and features at least seven plug in electric vehicles.
Victorian government backs Volgren to build two hydrogen buses
Volgren is to build its first hydrogen fuel cell electric bus at its Dandenong headquarters after receiving backing from the Renewable Hydrogen Commercialisation Pathways Fund.
Electric Porsche 911 could be powered by solid state batteries
News of an all-electric Porsche 911 rears its head again, this time with solid state batteries.
Nio begins deliveries of flagship ET7 electric sedan ahead of Europe expansion
EV maker Nio has commenced customer deliveries of its flagship electric sedan, the ET7, as it readies for expansion into Europe later in 2022.
UQ breakthrough could double life of high density EV batteries
An atom-wide layer of battery cathode coating could see life of high energy density lithium-ion batteries doubled, and long range EV batteries made more affordable.
US lifts penalties for car makers that fail to meet fuel efficiency standards, in big win for Tesla
US doubles down on penalising carmakers who fail to meet fuel efficiency requirements, in huge win for Tesla that could end up costing ICE automakers dearly.
Tesla electric cars all sold out until 2023 in home market
Tesla deliveries of most models in the US - in particular the Model Y - appear to be sold out for the rest of 2022.