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
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
Australia has not been marked out as a country that embraces electric vehicles. VW won't come here as they don't see any enthusiasm for the technology and there are no incentives for zero emission vehicles. Having said that EV Fast Charge stations are being built around the country - one in Western Australia thanks to
It might seem far fetched to think that gasoline cars will be displaced by electric vehicles by 2016 but futurist Lars Thomsen has predicted that will be the beginning of a quite rapid end to the gasoline engine - especially in Europe and North America. What's going to push this change along? The rapid deployment