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Electric Car Cafe, Melbourne, has converted a Toyota LandCruiser FJ45 to electric power
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Converting classics to electric: how to do it and how much does it cost?

August 7, 2021August 12, 2021 Iain Curry 46414 Views classic electric car, classic EV, electromod

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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Tim Harrison's electric conversion 1965 Ford Cortina Mk1
EV advice 

Planning a DIY electric car conversion? Read this first

July 26, 2021August 6, 2021 Iain Curry 39149 Views classic electric car, classic ev conversion, converting, electric, ev conversion

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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Rivian being recharged with the DRLs showing charging status
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EV Q and A: From towing with an EV and servicing your electric vehicle, to dodging Tesla’s Sentry cameras

July 10, 2021March 17, 2023 Toby Hagon 5899 Views

Every week we find our inbox overflowing with questions from the EV interested about electric vehicles, like how they work,

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Cutaway diagram of an Audi e-Tron GT showing the cooling system for the lithium-ion battery pack
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Why do EV battery packs need a cooling system?

April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 John Carey 18699 Views EV battery pack cooling, EV battery pack thermal management

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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Polestar 1 hybrid car driving on a country road
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Why is the range of an EV less on the freeway than the city?

April 16, 2021April 29, 2021 John Carey 13847 Views EV range

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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Audi is working on various synthetic fuels, including e-diesel
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Synthetic petrol: Understanding Porsche’s e-fuel ambitions

March 26, 2021March 28, 2021 John Carey 5526 Views e-fuel, porsche, synthetic fuel

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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In-wheel electric motor technology developed by Elpahe
EV advice Technology 

Why don’t EVs have four in-wheel motors?

February 26, 2021July 8, 2021 John Carey 42859 Views electric car, ev, 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?

February 1, 2021February 15, 2021 EV Central team 9574 Views

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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Volvo XC40 cutaway
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Do EV batteries wear out?

January 30, 2021February 15, 2021 EV Central team 8248 Views

Yes, but not so fast… Like the batteries in phones, tablets and laptops, the batteries in an EV will degrade

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Range Rover PHEV charging indicator
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Is an EV better for the environment?

January 30, 2021July 26, 2021 EV Central team 6014 Views electric car, electric vehicle, environment, ev, green

Yes, but… Only if the electricity to power the EV comes from renewable or low-CO2 sources. While an EV will

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Types of EVs

FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle
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FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

January 10, 2021 EV Central team Comments Off on FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

Hydrogen electric vehicles, often called hydrogen fuel cells vehicles (FCEV), drive the same as regular EVs. They can have one

PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
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PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

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Hybrid vehicle
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Hybrid vehicle

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EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle
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EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle

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EV videos

Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan
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Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

April 13, 2024 Iain Curry Comments Off on Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

With acceleration to rip the skin from your cheekbones, Ford’s SuperVan 4.2 is an electric Transit with performance from another

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VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

February 25, 2022 Toby Hagon Comments Off on VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

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