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Councils and businesses get $16.5 million funding boost to install EV chargers kerbside, and in council and commercial carparks
State government to invest $16.5 million to boost kerbside electric vehicle charging to enable more organisations and people to make the switch from petrol and diesel.
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BHP hits the brakes on electric trucks as it frets about charging times, but rival Fortescue says it’s missing the point
Many car buyers held back on EVs because they fretted about charging times, now Australia’s biggest miner is doing the same as it considers giant electric haul trucks.
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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.
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Australia’s cheapest new car is fully electric, and BYD’s move will change the conversation about EVs
BYD’s stunning low price for the Atto 1 is not just changing conversations about the transition to EVs, it is attacking one of the last bastions of the ICE market – the petrol hatch.
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Kia unveils new and larger PV7 electric van, in cargo and 9-seat passenger modes
Kia debuted this week a new electric van which will be available in Australia in the fourth quarter of 2027.
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MG to debut new MGU9 electric ute in Australia, promising not to ruin the weekend
MG says its new MGU9 electric ute will have its global launch in Australia, and is designed for work and weekends, and it will tow your boat.
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“We need more fast chargers”, scream people who don’t own an EV. But there are other options
Street pole chargers and “gully” charging for inner-city homeowners are just some of the solutions that all levels of government in Australia will hopefully embrace.
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Audi slashes prices of Q6 e-tron as it relaunches A2 as a battery electric, and “most efficient” model it has ever built
Audi slashes prices of updated e-tron range, as it unveils the A2 battery electric, with V2L and V2H, and the most efficient motor it has ever built.
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Polestar Australia confirms it has cut prices for 2027 Polestar 4 coupé, to match new electric SUV
Polestar confirms it has cut prices for the 2027 Polestar 4 coupé, aligning its price with the recently launched Polestar 4 electric SUV.
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Ford prices new fully electric van at $50,000 driveaway – and an overwhelming total cost advantage over ICE
Ford prices its new electric van at $50,000 driveaway, adding to the increasingly competitive market for vans that are easily beating ICE competitors on total costs.
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Fortescue’s first 150-tonne electric water truck sets sail from China and to real zero target
A 150-tonne electric water truck is on its way to the Pilbara as Fortescue ramps up its efforts to eliminate diesel from its iron ore mining operations.
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Australia’s dramatic electric U-turn: “Everyone knows someone with an EV”
Uber driver Bruno Ricotta says his Chery E5 electric SUV will save up to $8000 a year in petrol and servicing costs, and has made him a go-to source of advice for other motorists.