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Tim has 20 years experience in the IT industry including 14 years as a network engineer and site reliability engineer at Google Australia. He is an EV and renewable energy enthusiast who is most passionate about helping people understand and adopt these technologies.

Victoria paves way for heavy duty electric trucks with permanent axle weight concessions

Victoria is the first state or territory in Australia to announce the permanent removal of one of the main hurdles for heavy-duty electric trucks to operate on local roads.

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Decision to allow wider truck bodies paves way for electrification of big rigs in Australia

Decision to allow wider trucks on Australian roads should pave the way for the electrification of heavy duty transport.

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Electric Work Vehicles

Foton launches an “Australian-first” electric tipper truck

Electrification of trucks is underway with Foton now launching Australia's first electric tipper.

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SEA Electric to double output of Australian electric truck factory

SEA Electric's Dandenong truck factory to double its output thanks to planned expansion, and will add V2G facilities.

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More than half of all new trucks will be electric by 2035: report

More than half of all newly registered trucks in Europe, the US and China will be electric by 2035, new report says.

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“Not like anything I’ve tried before:” First drive of Volvo’s heavy duty electric truck

EVs won't tow your boat? This beast will actually tow a bloody big boat, and a gross load of up 44 tonnes. And it will do so with ease.

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EV News

SEA Electric partners with EnergyAustralia to accelerate EV transition

SEA Electric inks partnership with EnergyAustralia to accelerate the electrification transition for the nation’s truck fleets.

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Mercedes opens electric truck hub to test charging technologies

Mercedes-Benz Trucks opens eTruck Charging Park in Germany to test charging technologies and concepts from a variety of manufacturers.

CharIN MCS launch at EVS35 show. Image: CharIN

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New standard should prevent “plug war” for megawatt-scale electric truck charging

Standardised high power DC charging connector announced for use with large trucks and other heavy duty applications.

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Scania unveils new range of heavy duty electric trucks

Swedish commercial truck maker Scania unveils new line of battery-electric trucks offering range of up to 350km and charging at up to 375kW.

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