Vehicles

Shepparton-based, FOOTT, designed and built a recycling and processing facility in September 2023. The regional Victorian company is now taking a big step towards the future of sustainable transport, with the trial of a Volvo FE electric waste truck. This initiative has been made possible through the collaboration and expertise of CMV Truck & Bus Shepparton and Volvo Trucks Australia. The business is continually evolving and...

Australian electric vehicle infrastructure company JET Charge recently clocked up a significantmilestone for the nation’s EV transition. JET Charge are the the first Australian company to install 10,000 EV chargers into residential homes country-wide. While we often think about DC fast charging, the reality of EV ownership is that for the vast majority of owners, the vast majority will charge at home. JET Charge has...

Evie Networks is one of Australia's biggest EV fast-charging providers. The company continues to roll out new chargers at new locations every month and April was no exception. In the month of April, the company delivered 30 new charging bays (effectively 1 per plug) across 8 new sites. This takes the number of locations in Australia that you can charge to 227 with an...

Charging speeds are often a point of discussion with electric vehicles, and it seems Polestar are aggressively pursuing faster charging options in upcoming vehicles. Polestar in partnership with fast-charging battery pioneer StoreDot have demonstrated Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) technology in a car for the first time. The Polestar 5 prototype was charged from 10-80% in just 10 minutes. While it is a prototype, this...

AusEV is an Australian company that is important Ford's F150 Lightning and converting them to right-hand drive. Australia's EV landscape is significantly lacking in the utility space and given Utes regularly top the new vehicle sales charts in Australia, all EV Utes are welcome. I the latest episode of The Explore Life show, they got the keys to the first Electric RHD Ford F150...

Tesla's Full Self Driving is improving rapidly since the company moved to Version 12 of their software which is a significant shift in architecture. At a high level, the car's computer can take video in from the cameras, understand the environment, plot a safe path through it and output the controls to make it happen. As each point release rolls out (currently 12.3.5), the system...

Tesla's Cybertruck has been on somewhat of a global tour recently despite only being delivered to customers in North America. When Cybertruck was announced back in November 2019, the Cybertruck was available to reserve in Australia and even today still has an AU page on Tesla's website, strongly suggesting the company will offer it here. Last night, the Tesla Australia New Zealand Instagram account...

Coming to Australian roads in July, the new Tesla Model 3 Performance was officially announced yesterday and is now available to order. The new car features many new upgrades over the first Model 3 Performance offered in Australia in late 2019. The Model 3 Performance, All-Wheel Drive features a 528km range (WLPT), a top speed of 262 km/h and faster 0-100 km/h time of...