Hyundai Ioniq powertrains. L-R, plug-in hybrid, all-electric and hybrid

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EV News

EVs pose no additional threat to pedestrians than petrol vehicles, but hybrids do

Study finds accident rates between electric and petrol vehicles were so similar they were considered statistically equal, but hybrids vehicles produced a significantly higher casualty toll.

4 min

EV range ratings – how do they work, and what do they mean?

Many new EV drivers bought their vehicle with an eye on the range printed on the windscreen sticker. But they won't achieve that on a highway.

2 min

Government backs Volvo with $70 million to make electric trucks more affordable in Australia

Australian government will invest $70 million with Volvo Group Australia to accelerate the rollout of Australian-made electric trucks with lower cost finance and charging infrastructure.

2 min

Adelaide welcomes first of 60 new electric buses

Two new electric buses from Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania will hit the road in Adelaide this week, the first of 60 being progressively rolled out over the coming months.

2 min

EV News

Tesla produces 4 million EVs at its most productive factory

Tesla has now produced 4 million cars at its Shanghai factory, which has supplied most of the Tesla EVs on Australian roads and around half of all the company's production.

2 min

Batteries

Nissan uses recycled Leaf batteries for energy storage at Australian castings factory

Nissan uses recycled batteries from its Leaf EVs to store solar generated at its Victoria castings factory.

1 min

Everything Electric: Australia’s renewable revolution & the EV boom

Robert Llewellyn chats with Giles Parkinson about the rapid global shift to electric vehicles, the state of Australia’s energy transition, and why the data shows EV adoption is unstoppable regardless of political noise or media myths.

2 min

EV News

Australia’s passenger vehicle fleet is still dirtier than US, thanks to obsession with big cars

Emissions intensity of Australia's passenger vehicle fleet is 34 per cent higher than those in Europe, and is still higher than the US and Canada.

2 min

Electric Work Vehicles

Pilbara iron ore giants take delivery of first “early learner” electric haul trucks

Iron ore giant take deliver of first "early learner" electric haul trucks, but insist it will "take time" to get the transition to battery electric trucks right.

2 min

Electric Boats

Australian shipbuilder gets order for third large battery electric ferry for Denmark

Australia's biggest shipbuilder receives order for third large electric ferry for Denmark in what it describes as “world largest electrification project at sea.”