Tesla Supercharge Stations 2015 Time to Wake Up ...More and more the advance of EVs and EV infrastructure is gaining ground seemingly everywhere except for sleepy old Australia. With just a few notable exceptions, for example Tritium with their powertrains and fast chargers, there is limited activity in the local marketplace - EV
We've all heard of car-jackings but could a driverless car be hijacked by a hacker? Apparently it's already been done and manufacturers developing this technology are beefing up security systems to prevent it. It's predicted there could be as many as 20 million of these vehicles by 2020 so the concern is quite serious. Looking
Headline 2020 - 800kms on a single charge - EV batteries ridiculously cheap! EV sales doubled in 2013. So far this year (up to June 2014) sales in the US are over 30% up on the same period as 2013 with the Nissan Leaf leading the pack. The trend is set and the naysayers of
Resale Value Just Improved Nissan have announced a replacement cost for their battery packs for the inevitable day when a replacement pack is required. The battery pack is currently guaranteed against capacity loss for 5 years or 96,500kms and 8 years or 240,000kms against defects. For Leaf owners the new announcement means they can replace
Electric Hogs We don't normally comment on electric motorcycles but the most recognised motorcycle brand in the world, Harley Davidson, has produced an electric bike and wants customer feedback. Many who associate themselves with HD will be under impressed while those looking to the future will recognise it's an inevitability and a sign of the times. Project
Of all the reasons we should convert our fleet to electric the stand out argument is Energy Security. There is no doubt if the oil supply to Australia (and other countries reliant on oil imports) suddenly ceased for whatever reason - economic, natural disaster or war - we would be in a catastrophic position with the
The number of cars on the road surpassed 1 billion in 2011. By 2050 the projection is for at least 2 billion cars and a global population of 9 billion. There would certainly be challenges in bringing another 1 billion vehicles on to the road. Of course the majority of these would be in developing countries
Solar Roadways - Crazy & Brilliant Some of you may already be aware of the idea of Solar Roadways as the youtube video Solar Freakin Roadways has been viewed over 5 million times. So what are solar roadways? Well literally they are roads, carparks, driveways or any other road surface paved in solar panels replacing the bitumen
''Given the size of the economic cost of the health effect of air pollution, the benefits of reducing that burden could easily outweigh the monetary cost of investments in more ambitious programs to reduce pollution.'' So reads the latest report from the OECD, called The Cost of Air Pollution: Health Impacts of Road Transport. As
Power Japan Plus - a Japanese startup - makes some incredible claims for an organic cotton battery. Cotton? Yes the same stuff that's in your clothes, bless your cotton socks. By changing the structure of the cotton fibre, PJP states unique properties are created that lead to a battery technology they claim is superior in