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If you’re buying a new electric vehicle, chances are you’ll take the opportunity to reconsider which insurance provider you go with. If you happen to select RACV (Victoria), RACQ (Queensland), RACT (ACT), or NRMA (NSW), then you’re in for a treat. These providers have partnered with one of Australia’s...
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During a recent interview with the Financial Times, Waymo CEO John Krafcik discussed the company’s autonomous developments in 2020, and what’s to come in 2021. Something quite interesting to come out of the interview (around 7:45) was this statement from Krafcik. Our key technology is the driver, that’s the...
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If you’re considering buying an EV, then you’ll be keen to understand where you can charge your vehicle. While most charging will occur at home, overnight, there’s a growing network of fast chargers that help you get around Australia on road trips and holidays. The latest charging site is...
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When will we have self-driving cars? That’s difficult to say for sure, but Elon Musk’s latest tweet, gives us a timeline to base our expectations upon. Responding to a post from George Hotz who runs Comma, also in the autonomous vehicle game, Musk confirmed that he is confident that...
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Every automaker that will be around in 10 years has begun the transition to electric vehicles. Some are definitely taking it more seriously than others, but that timeline to EVs, is being heavily influenced by a number of countries and US states that are setting deadlines for the end...
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Vehicle-to-grid is a technology that allows owners of electric vehicles to leverage their battery for a secondary purpose. That purpose could be to power their own house, or more practically may involve plugging your car in when parked, and allowing the electricity company to manage how the power is...
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While Tesla’s over the air updates roll out regularly to fix bugs and provide additional value to existing owners, there is typically one massive annual release, that includes a full step in the version number. As I sit Supercharging my Model 3, my car’s software is v10.2 (2020.48.12.1). This...
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It was only in August that Nikola announced the Refuse, a truck specifically designed to cater for garbage disposal. At the time, the deal for 2,500 trucks from Republic Services made international headlines as Nikola added yet another product to their portfolio, before shipping their first to customers. The...
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SEA Electric is a great Aussie success story that continues to go from strength to strength. The copmapny takes the body of trucks from manufacturers like Isuzu and electrifies them. The latest project seen the ACT Government receive their first 100% electric tipper truck, made by SEA Electric. The...
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This morning President Elect, Joe Biden announced the nominees and appointees of his Key Climate and Energy Team. This team will lead the effort to reduce America’s emissions, a key policy of the Biden election campaign. Under the new plan, America will rejoin the Paris climate agreement. Biden says...
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Sean Mitchell is a familiar face in the Tesla community, running a successful YouTube channel, often releasing videos on Tesla and the EV industry in general. In the latest video from Mitchell, he interviews Sandy Munro of Munro and Associates, who famously tore down the Tesla Model 3, then...
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One of the biggest complaints about EVs, is there simply isn’t enough to chose from. This means any new model coming to Australia is big news and thankfully today, BMW’s iX is now available to reserve in Australia. Due to arrive in late 2021, the iX is an all-electric...
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Infrastructure Victoria, has released a draft of their updated 30-year Infrastructure Strategy for the state. Included in the draft are many recommendations, none more interesting than the first on page 40, that relates to Electric Vehicles. Draft Recommendation 01 Within the next five years, require all new public transport...
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Back on October 16th, we learned of a refresh to the Tesla Model 3 and now it seems the first vehicles are making their way on to Australian streets. The 2021 Model 3 features many changes from the original version that started shipping in Australian in September of 2019....
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It wasn’t long ago we were all pretty outraged that Tesla increased their charging rates at Superchargers. Well now it’s Evie’s turn and the price is even higher. Reported by EV owner Jon Day on Facebook, the EVIE Networks pricing change places the new rates at: Ultra-Fast Chargers (up...
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Reuters is reporting the Japanese Government is considering a UK-style ban on the sale of new internal combustion-engine vehicles by the mid 2030’s. Japan’s new Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga wasted no time committing in October to a zero-emissions target by 2050, after taking office in September. With transport making...
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Tesla’s Full Self Driving package is currently in beta and to date, has only been available as part of a very limited rollout. We now have promising news that this is set to get a wider rollout in the next 2 weeks. Musk previously indicated that if they were...
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AI researcher and podcast host Lex Fridman, has interviewed some of the top minds in the field of autonomous vehicles and AI. Lex teaches Deep learning at MIT and also focuses on human to robot interaction. While his interviews are fascinating and entertaining, his latest video is from a...
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Stake is a trading platform that allows Australians to easily trade US stocks. This year alone, the service has seen more than 17,000 Australians trade Tesla shares. Despite the impacts of Covid, Tesla’s share price continues to grow on the back of record deliveries, 5 consecutive quarters of profit...
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Less than 1% of new car sales in Australia are EVs. Compared to other similarly developed economies, we don’t even find ourselves in the top 20 list. I love this country, but for a place that is well recognised as being home to early adopters and lovers of technology,...
If you’re buying a new electric vehicle, chances are you’ll take the opportunity to reconsider which insurance provider you go with. If you happen to select RACV (Victoria), RACQ (Queensland), RACT (ACT), or NRMA (NSW), then you’re in for a treat. These providers have partnered with one of Australia’s...
During a recent interview with the Financial Times, Waymo CEO John Krafcik discussed the company’s autonomous developments in 2020, and what’s to come in 2021. Something quite interesting to come out of the interview (around 7:45) was this statement from Krafcik. Our key technology is the driver, that’s the...
If you’re considering buying an EV, then you’ll be keen to understand where you can charge your vehicle. While most charging will occur at home, overnight, there’s a growing network of fast chargers that help you get around Australia on road trips and holidays. The latest charging site is...
When will we have self-driving cars? That’s difficult to say for sure, but Elon Musk’s latest tweet, gives us a timeline to base our expectations upon. Responding to a post from George Hotz who runs Comma, also in the autonomous vehicle game, Musk confirmed that he is confident that...
Every automaker that will be around in 10 years has begun the transition to electric vehicles. Some are definitely taking it more seriously than others, but that timeline to EVs, is being heavily influenced by a number of countries and US states that are setting deadlines for the end...
Vehicle-to-grid is a technology that allows owners of electric vehicles to leverage their battery for a secondary purpose. That purpose could be to power their own house, or more practically may involve plugging your car in when parked, and allowing the electricity company to manage how the power is...
While Tesla’s over the air updates roll out regularly to fix bugs and provide additional value to existing owners, there is typically one massive annual release, that includes a full step in the version number. As I sit Supercharging my Model 3, my car’s software is v10.2 (2020.48.12.1). This...
It was only in August that Nikola announced the Refuse, a truck specifically designed to cater for garbage disposal. At the time, the deal for 2,500 trucks from Republic Services made international headlines as Nikola added yet another product to their portfolio, before shipping their first to customers. The...
SEA Electric is a great Aussie success story that continues to go from strength to strength. The copmapny takes the body of trucks from manufacturers like Isuzu and electrifies them. The latest project seen the ACT Government receive their first 100% electric tipper truck, made by SEA Electric. The...
This morning President Elect, Joe Biden announced the nominees and appointees of his Key Climate and Energy Team. This team will lead the effort to reduce America’s emissions, a key policy of the Biden election campaign. Under the new plan, America will rejoin the Paris climate agreement. Biden says...
Sean Mitchell is a familiar face in the Tesla community, running a successful YouTube channel, often releasing videos on Tesla and the EV industry in general. In the latest video from Mitchell, he interviews Sandy Munro of Munro and Associates, who famously tore down the Tesla Model 3, then...
One of the biggest complaints about EVs, is there simply isn’t enough to chose from. This means any new model coming to Australia is big news and thankfully today, BMW’s iX is now available to reserve in Australia. Due to arrive in late 2021, the iX is an all-electric...
Infrastructure Victoria, has released a draft of their updated 30-year Infrastructure Strategy for the state. Included in the draft are many recommendations, none more interesting than the first on page 40, that relates to Electric Vehicles. Draft Recommendation 01 Within the next five years, require all new public transport...
Back on October 16th, we learned of a refresh to the Tesla Model 3 and now it seems the first vehicles are making their way on to Australian streets. The 2021 Model 3 features many changes from the original version that started shipping in Australian in September of 2019....
It wasn’t long ago we were all pretty outraged that Tesla increased their charging rates at Superchargers. Well now it’s Evie’s turn and the price is even higher. Reported by EV owner Jon Day on Facebook, the EVIE Networks pricing change places the new rates at: Ultra-Fast Chargers (up...
Reuters is reporting the Japanese Government is considering a UK-style ban on the sale of new internal combustion-engine vehicles by the mid 2030’s. Japan’s new Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga wasted no time committing in October to a zero-emissions target by 2050, after taking office in September. With transport making...
Tesla’s Full Self Driving package is currently in beta and to date, has only been available as part of a very limited rollout. We now have promising news that this is set to get a wider rollout in the next 2 weeks. Musk previously indicated that if they were...
AI researcher and podcast host Lex Fridman, has interviewed some of the top minds in the field of autonomous vehicles and AI. Lex teaches Deep learning at MIT and also focuses on human to robot interaction. While his interviews are fascinating and entertaining, his latest video is from a...
Stake is a trading platform that allows Australians to easily trade US stocks. This year alone, the service has seen more than 17,000 Australians trade Tesla shares. Despite the impacts of Covid, Tesla’s share price continues to grow on the back of record deliveries, 5 consecutive quarters of profit...
Less than 1% of new car sales in Australia are EVs. Compared to other similarly developed economies, we don’t even find ourselves in the top 20 list. I love this country, but for a place that is well recognised as being home to early adopters and lovers of technology,...
