Why are electric cars so expensive?
Batteries, basically…. Electric vehicles are much more efficient than fuel-burners, but they still require lots of energy. Batteries, which must
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EV advice
EV advice
Will my battery go flat if I leave my EV parked for too long?
Yes, it will. Especially if “too long” means months rather than weeks. But there isn’t a short, simple answer to
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Converting classics to electric: how to do it and how much does it cost?
Are you tempted to convert your classic car to electric power? Or perhaps you’re taking on a restoration project and
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Planning a DIY electric car conversion? Read this first
In a few short years, Australians converting a classic car to electric has gone from an eccentric’s folly to something
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EV Q and A: From towing with an EV and servicing your electric vehicle, to dodging Tesla’s Sentry cameras
Every week we find our inbox overflowing with questions from the EV interested about electric vehicles, like how they work,
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Why do EV battery packs need a cooling system?
There are a bunch of inter-related reasons to control the temperature of an EV’s battery pack. While cooling is crucial,
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Why is the range of an EV less on the freeway than the city?
The two-word answer to this question is regenerative braking, the not-so-secret superpower that every EV possesses. Regenerative braking happens frequently
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Synthetic petrol: Understanding Porsche’s e-fuel ambitions
Liquid electricity… that’s the best way to visualise the e-fuel that will eventually flow from a Porsche-backed project in South
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Why don’t EVs have four in-wheel motors?
In-wheel of wheel-hub electric motors are not a new idea. The Lohner-Porsche petrol-electric hybrid of 1900, for example, was powered
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What’s the difference between AC and DC charging?
AC slow. DC fast. AC (alternating current) charging, is what you do from a home wallbox or, if there’s no
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