Guest Post by long time MEC friend Angela Tillier When our flights to Cairns were cancelled with 2 days’ notice we decided to take the Tesla for a holiday in WA. I bought the Tesla Model 3 SR+ in June 2021 so this would be a real get to know the car and
You may already have heard of inductive or wireless charging. Some consumer electronic devices have this capability. It simply means transferring energy using an electromagnetic field and has been known about since the days of Nikolai Tesla who invented the Tesla coil in 1891. This type of technology is also being developed for charging
Not surprisingly with the amount of money in battery R&D, technological breakthroughs are happening on a regular basis. Many of these 'breakthroughs' will for whatever reasons not make it to market. We have reported on a number of battery technologies that look very promising and one that seems to be improving rapidly simply blows away the 'hours
The Queensland government has called for expressions of interest in building an EV solar powered fast charge highway throughout the state. Initially this would incorporate an existing petrol service station with fast charge facilties for EVs that would employ solar panels as the energy source. It would eventually result in a series of solar powered
Today in Western Australia the first Australian fast charge electric highway has been officially opened. The motoring body, the RAC, had committed to the construction of the electric highway some months back - an idea first floated by the local Australian Electric Vehicle Association (of which My Electric Car is a member). The RAC has