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The road to new fuel efficiency rules is filled with potholes. Here’s how to avoid them

  • August 24, 2022
  • Robin Smit
Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese, Chris Bowen and Ed Husic visiting a Nissan Leaf electric car dealer
Without a robust set of mandatory transport emissions standards, Australia’s dependence on fossil fuels will deepen, and reaching our emissions reduction goals will become harder.
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Bank Australia sets date to cease petrol and diesel car loans

  • August 19, 2022
  • Bridie Schmidt
Bank Australia to stop loaning money for new cars fuelled by petrol or diesel within three years.
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  • 6 min
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The petrol cliff is coming. Are we ready for the EV transition?

  • June 17, 2022
  • Rob Law
First we were caught out with the speed of uptake of rooftop solar. Could it be that the next big shock is the rapid uptake of EVs?
fuel prices ballina feb 2022
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  • 6 min
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Buying an EV will still save thousands, even if petrol is free

  • April 1, 2022
  • Pete Petrovsky
As petrol and diesel prices at the pump rise to astronomic levels, there's a surge in interest in EVs. Will an EV make economic sense if fuel prices drop?
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  • 2 min
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As EV sales rise, is the sun finally starting to set on Peak Oil?

  • January 19, 2022
  • David Waterworth
It seems we may be moving, although very slowly, to another sort of Peak Oil - peak oil demand.
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  • 4 min
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Angus Taylor’s electric vehicle emissions claims “fundamentally flawed,” says expert

  • February 8, 2021
  • Giles Parkinson
Transport expert says the emissions calculations used by Angus Taylor to justify his "do nothing" EV strategy are "fundamentally wrong."
The Avenel site owned by Ampol is currently branded Caltex. Ampol will begin transitioning its network to the Ampol brand later in 2020. Supplied.
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  • 3 min
  • Charging
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Resurrected oil brand Ampol signs up for network of ultra-fast EV chargers

  • June 11, 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt
Evie Networks to open first 350kW ultra-fast electric vehicle charger of series planned with Ampol, as Caltex revives iconic fuel name retired 25 years ago in merger.
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  • 4 min
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Why Michael Moore’s electric car myths only benefit the fossil fuel industry

  • May 19, 2020
  • Ketan Joshi
Michael Moore's ‘Planet of the Humans’ isn’t just wrong. It’s actively denying a range of quality-of-life improvements.
Traffic congestion on the M5 motorway in Sydney
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  • 4 min
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We thought Australian cars were using less fuel. New research shows we were wrong

  • October 14, 2019
  • John Quiggin and Robin Smit
Government assumptions that Australian cars are becoming more fuel efficient are incorrect, research shows.
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  • 2 min
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Electric vehicles have saved 3.6 billion litres of fuel in the US

  • June 14, 2019
  • Bridie Schmidt
Electric vehicles have saved billion of litres of petrol fuel in the US, with demand for electricity on the increase.
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