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Recharging electric cars is something many people get concerned over. How much does it cost? Where can I recharge? How long will it take? The Telsa Model 3 is set to arrive to Australian customers any day now and based on international sales numbers, it’s likely this becomes Australia’s...
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Tonight the Tesla website was updated to allow those who’ve ordered a vehicle to complete the necessary details for delivery. With this completed, a final invoice will be generated and a delivery manager will call to arrange the all important delivery/pickup date of the Model 3. Logging in now...
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The Koble Snor Smart Bed has some great features that reflect our modern lives. On both sides of the bed Koble have included handy 10W wireless charging pockets so your smart phones can quickly recharge while you sleep. The list of supported devices is impressive, including the iPhone 8,...
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Late last month, Elon Musk announced that YouTube and Netflix was coming soon to Tesla vehicles. In the tweet, he explained that owners are in for an amazingly immersive, cinematic feel, due to the comfy seats & surround sound audio. During Car Advice’s first Aussie review of the Model...
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Controlling your IoT devices from multiple manufacturers can be a real hassle. This generally means you need to jump between apps to control each device, or at least each different brand of device. This week Arlo Technologies who make connected cameras, announced support for HomeKit, Apple’s smart home platform....
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Nanoleaf are adding new HomeKit ‘Touch Actions’ to your Canvas light squares, turning them into smart buttons for your entire home. With as little as a single press on a square, you can activate HomeKit Scenes to control any or all of your HomeKit products at once. This helps...
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During this week’s Australia media launch of the Model 3 in Australia, I had the opportunity to jump on a track and test the car. One of the tests, was to test just how fast the car is. The website figures list the Model 3 Performance as having a...
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The Tesla Model 3 Performance isn’t out till later this month, when the first Australian customers will receive their cars. I was lucky enough to get the chance to get behind the wheel around a private race track and put the car to the test. Now it’s time to...
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Since the days of Fast and Furious back in 2001, adding lights to your car has been a path to personalisation that can reflect the owner. Back then neon was used, but now the world has moved on to multicolour RGB LED lights. These are used in creative lighting...
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Australia’s airspace regulators, CASA, have essentially banned the use of headsets while flying your drone. There are some exceptions, but the requirement to always keep line of sight to the drone your flying prevents pilots from using headsets to control their drones. When it comes to competitive drone racing,...
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Microsoft is making moves to kill off Skype for Business. After the 31st of July 2021, Skype for Business Online will no longer be available. While that date seems fairly close, an even more immediate date is the 1st of September, just over a month away, where Microsoft will...
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Less than two years ago, Tesla built and installed the world’s largest lithium-ion battery in Hornsdale, South Australia, using Tesla Powerpack batteries. From that project, Tesla learnt a lot and have now created a new battery product specifically for utility-scale projects: Megapack. Megapack significantly reduces the complexity of large-scale battery storage and provides...
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Kdec Electrical & Solar have just completed one of these best solar installations I’ve seen. This stunningly streamlined solar roof is located on new caravan parking shelter for Westmont Aged Care in Baranduda, VIC (just outside Wodonga). We first brought you news of the roof back in June, but...
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The first batch of Tesla Model 3s are due to reach customers next month. Ahead of that milestone, the first right hand drive Model 3 Performance, some lucky Aussies had an opportunity to see it in person today. The Model 3 was on show in Melbourne at Car Advice’s...
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Teachers basically make or break your learning experience. We’ve probably all had great ones and terrible ones and can understand how significantly the best ones can make complex subject easier to understand. With so much content to learn in such a short period of time, having a very organised,...
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Overnight Elon Musk released new information about yet another functionality enhancement for Tesla owners. Tesla vehicles are getting the ability to stream YouTube videos and watch Netflix on the in-dash displays. When the feature first rolls out, the video applications, like the arcade games are now, will be restricted...
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One of the questions I seen online this week was from a person who was going to be taking a work vehicle home each night. That vehicle was an EV. This meant the business would be paying for the power to recharge the vehicle, which raised the question, how...
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Australia’s National Broadband Network was debated by politicians, its once ambitious targets to deliver FTTP to 93% of the country were watered down thanks to a lack of ability to imagine future demand. Virgin Media have just announced they’re going to roll out Gigabit broadband to nearly 15 million...
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Today was Tesla’s quarterly earnings call where they shared information about the company’s financial position. While the net loss was a little higher than projected ($408 million), the company has plenty of money in the bank, $5 billion in fact. Right now the company is still in a growth...
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As more electric vehicles arrive in Australia, the places we want to take them will expand. Being aided by charging infrastructure projects, charging is becoming easier, mostly thanks to the likes of Chargefox. While ultra-fast charging is amazing, there will be plenty of times where you want to travel...
Recharging electric cars is something many people get concerned over. How much does it cost? Where can I recharge? How long will it take? The Telsa Model 3 is set to arrive to Australian customers any day now and based on international sales numbers, it’s likely this becomes Australia’s...
Tonight the Tesla website was updated to allow those who’ve ordered a vehicle to complete the necessary details for delivery. With this completed, a final invoice will be generated and a delivery manager will call to arrange the all important delivery/pickup date of the Model 3. Logging in now...
The Koble Snor Smart Bed has some great features that reflect our modern lives. On both sides of the bed Koble have included handy 10W wireless charging pockets so your smart phones can quickly recharge while you sleep. The list of supported devices is impressive, including the iPhone 8,...
Late last month, Elon Musk announced that YouTube and Netflix was coming soon to Tesla vehicles. In the tweet, he explained that owners are in for an amazingly immersive, cinematic feel, due to the comfy seats & surround sound audio. During Car Advice’s first Aussie review of the Model...
Controlling your IoT devices from multiple manufacturers can be a real hassle. This generally means you need to jump between apps to control each device, or at least each different brand of device. This week Arlo Technologies who make connected cameras, announced support for HomeKit, Apple’s smart home platform....
Nanoleaf are adding new HomeKit ‘Touch Actions’ to your Canvas light squares, turning them into smart buttons for your entire home. With as little as a single press on a square, you can activate HomeKit Scenes to control any or all of your HomeKit products at once. This helps...
During this week’s Australia media launch of the Model 3 in Australia, I had the opportunity to jump on a track and test the car. One of the tests, was to test just how fast the car is. The website figures list the Model 3 Performance as having a...
The Tesla Model 3 Performance isn’t out till later this month, when the first Australian customers will receive their cars. I was lucky enough to get the chance to get behind the wheel around a private race track and put the car to the test. Now it’s time to...
Since the days of Fast and Furious back in 2001, adding lights to your car has been a path to personalisation that can reflect the owner. Back then neon was used, but now the world has moved on to multicolour RGB LED lights. These are used in creative lighting...
Australia’s airspace regulators, CASA, have essentially banned the use of headsets while flying your drone. There are some exceptions, but the requirement to always keep line of sight to the drone your flying prevents pilots from using headsets to control their drones. When it comes to competitive drone racing,...
Microsoft is making moves to kill off Skype for Business. After the 31st of July 2021, Skype for Business Online will no longer be available. While that date seems fairly close, an even more immediate date is the 1st of September, just over a month away, where Microsoft will...
Less than two years ago, Tesla built and installed the world’s largest lithium-ion battery in Hornsdale, South Australia, using Tesla Powerpack batteries. From that project, Tesla learnt a lot and have now created a new battery product specifically for utility-scale projects: Megapack. Megapack significantly reduces the complexity of large-scale battery storage and provides...
Kdec Electrical & Solar have just completed one of these best solar installations I’ve seen. This stunningly streamlined solar roof is located on new caravan parking shelter for Westmont Aged Care in Baranduda, VIC (just outside Wodonga). We first brought you news of the roof back in June, but...
The first batch of Tesla Model 3s are due to reach customers next month. Ahead of that milestone, the first right hand drive Model 3 Performance, some lucky Aussies had an opportunity to see it in person today. The Model 3 was on show in Melbourne at Car Advice’s...
Teachers basically make or break your learning experience. We’ve probably all had great ones and terrible ones and can understand how significantly the best ones can make complex subject easier to understand. With so much content to learn in such a short period of time, having a very organised,...
Overnight Elon Musk released new information about yet another functionality enhancement for Tesla owners. Tesla vehicles are getting the ability to stream YouTube videos and watch Netflix on the in-dash displays. When the feature first rolls out, the video applications, like the arcade games are now, will be restricted...
One of the questions I seen online this week was from a person who was going to be taking a work vehicle home each night. That vehicle was an EV. This meant the business would be paying for the power to recharge the vehicle, which raised the question, how...
Australia’s National Broadband Network was debated by politicians, its once ambitious targets to deliver FTTP to 93% of the country were watered down thanks to a lack of ability to imagine future demand. Virgin Media have just announced they’re going to roll out Gigabit broadband to nearly 15 million...
Today was Tesla’s quarterly earnings call where they shared information about the company’s financial position. While the net loss was a little higher than projected ($408 million), the company has plenty of money in the bank, $5 billion in fact. Right now the company is still in a growth...
As more electric vehicles arrive in Australia, the places we want to take them will expand. Being aided by charging infrastructure projects, charging is becoming easier, mostly thanks to the likes of Chargefox. While ultra-fast charging is amazing, there will be plenty of times where you want to travel...
