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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.

MG4 review: A deep dive into one of Australia’s lowest cost electric cars

The MG4 is a well built EV that is great fun to drive. Including V2L capability in a car that starts from under $40,000 should encourage all EV makers to follow suit. But there are some downsides.

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V2X: UK EV plant lights up Christmas with a Nissan Leaf

A Nissan Leaf is being used to power the Christmas display at UK car plant celebrating the milestone production of more than 250,000 of the popular EVs.

Rivian R1T. Source: @ChrisYangMD/Twitter

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“Vehicle-to-surgery:” Doctor uses Rivian R1T to provide power for vasectomy

Doctor performs "Rivian-powered vasectomy" during grid outage using power from recently acquired R1T electric ute.

Ioniq 5 powering the breakfast cook-up. Supplied

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Breakfast’s up! Family takes Hyundai Ioniq 5 camping to try out V2L

Space, ultra-fast charging and safety features made the Ioniq 5 the electric choice for this family. But it was the V2L that intrigued them most, and took them camping.