Mazda MX-30 EV prototype drive
For many people, the first time they drive an EV will be a shockingly familiar experience. The term “car-like” is
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Stephen Corby
Stephen Corby is Australia’s most adored, revered and award motoring journalist, at least if you ask his Mum, and has been writing for print and online publications in Australia and around the world for more than 30 years, which makes him older than the idea of electric vehicles.
Or at very least, he’s been around for so long that he can remember people laughing about EVs and using phrases like “this will never catch on” and “who’s going to drive that, the Duracell bunny?”
Indeed, his first experience of driving an electric car – the truly forgettable Mitsubishi I MiEV – was so painfully underwhelming that if you’d told him at at the time he’d one day be working for a website called EVcentral.com.au he’d have laughed his head off, before asking you what the hell a website was.
Stephen gets a hard time from his colleagues and random members of the public for only driving very expensive super cars, but his argument is that no man’s Instagram feed (@stephencorby) is a realistic expression of his actual life.
In a career that has spanned almost every continent (and he’ll damn well get to South America eventually), Stephen has driven on deserts in Mongolia, race tracks in South Africa, snow and ice in Austria, public monuments in Prague, cliff edges in Scotland and across a staggering amount of Australia.
In that time he has worked for Car and Driver and The Washington Times in the US, the Evening Standard and Daily Mail in London as well as the venerable and hugely respected Autocar Magazine and the widely loved Top Gear UK magazine
In Australia has previously been the editor of both Wheels Magazine and Top Gear magazine and was a Car of the Year judge at both publications.
Stephen is also regularly published in The Robb Report
He also has a weekly column in The Weekend Australian Magazine.
Stephen also writes for mainstream motoring sites including https://www.
Where can I charge an EV?
For most people, most of the time, EV charging will be done at home, assuming you have a wallbox to
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Do EVs require servicing?
Electric motors generally don’t require servicing, lasting the life of the vehicle with practically no maintenance. They don’t need oil
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How much do EVs cost to run?
If you have a competitive electricity plan, paying say 25 to 30c per kWh (kilowatt-hour) an EV should cost about
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How long does it take to charge an EV?
Minutes… or days. It depends on a bunch of variables, including the size of the battery, the car’s ability to
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Do car makers produce their own electric motors?
Not usually. Many brands buy motors from big automotive component suppliers such as ZF, Bosch and Continental. Some design and
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Are all electric motors the same?
No. But the differences don’t really matter that much. There’s no doubt the technical language used to describe the different
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Are EVs more expensive than regular cars?
EVs are currently expensive, and this is the main reason for their sluggish sales. EVs typically cost at least 20
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Is an EV for you?
It depends on how you plan to use your vehicle. The limited charging infrastructure means EVs simply aren’t practical for
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PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
Like hybrids, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (or PHEVs) have an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor. Plug-in vehicles take the
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