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General Motors' Super Bowl ad stars Will Ferrell, who discovers Norway far outpaces the United States in electric vehicle adoption
Opinion 

America is ahead of Australia on EVs (and why it’s a worry!)

PharmacySydney.com
February 21, 2021February 19, 2021
Stephen Corby 2892 Views america, electric cars, ev sales, norway

America is such a tangled ball of idiots and geniuses, a producer of such unlikely events, outrageous bad actors and

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A hydrogen-fuelled Hyzon fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) to be used at Fortescue's Christmas Creek mine. Image source: Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
Opinion 

‘Diggy’ Forrest’s grand green hydrogen plan makes sense

February 7, 2021February 11, 2021
MJDHealthPharmacy.com
Stephen Corby 2333 Views Andrew Forrest, fcev, Fortescue, fuel cell, green hydrogen

It is an extremely uncomfortable feeling, something akin to having lobsters in your underwear or leeches in your ears, to

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BMW iX3 battery and electric motor components
Opinion 

Australia’s lithium irony: Time to value-add as batteries boom

January 26, 2021February 2, 2021 John Carey 2807 Views australian resources, ev, lithium, lithium-ion battery, mining

Australia is abundant in lithium, so isn’t it time we value-added before shipping it overseas to be used in EV batteries?

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Elon Musk at Tesla Battery Day Presentation
Opinion 

Time for Elon Musk to put his money where his mouthpiece is

January 17, 2021January 26, 2021 Stephen Corby 3011 Views electric car, elon musk, ev, model 2, Tesla, Tesla Model 2

Visionary, nerd, messiah, megalomaniac, saviour, sophist, genius, asshole – Elon Musk, now the world’s richest person, seems to be someone

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Toyota LandCruiser 200-Series is one of the many diesel-powered off-roaders in the Toyota portfolio. It will be replaced in 2021 by an all-new model expected to be called 300-Series
LATEST Opinion 

Toyota: The hybrid-ocrites…

January 10, 2021January 11, 2021 John Carey 4881 Views diesel, electric car, ev, hybrid, PHEV, toyota diesel sales, toyota hybrid sales

Magicians know that making a trick work depends on getting the audience to focus on flashy showmanship while the real

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Mazda MX-30 M-Hybrid
LATEST Opinion 

Why 2021 will be a game changer for electric cars in Australia

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 Toby Hagon 2930 Views 2021, akio toyoda, bz, electric car, electric cars australia, ev, ev sales, Genesis, Hyundai, Kia, mazda, Tesla, Toyota, toyota bz

This year is shaping up to be huge for electric vehicles. Not necessary for sales. Electric cars and plug-in hybrids

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Toyota Motor Corporation president Akio Toyoda
Opinion 

Toyota chief Akio Toyoda is wrong about EVs…

December 24, 2020December 30, 2020 John Carey 3237 Views akio toyoda, hybrid, mirai, Tesla, Toyota

Akio Toyoda knows a lot about the car business. So when the president of Toyota was openly critical of EVs

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LATEST Opinion 

Attitudes to EVs hit a new low on Facebook

December 6, 2020December 6, 2020 Stephen Corby 3217 Views ev, EVs, facebook

Now look, obviously I know that Facebook is a dark and dangerous place populated by angry idiots who would have,

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Rolls-Royce Ghost with a twin-turbo V12
LATEST Opinion 

The age of V12-engined fat-cat cars is coming to an end

November 29, 2020November 28, 2020 Stephen Corby 3303 Views electric car, ev, rolls-royce ghost

The future is meant to be a foreign country, and as we all know, we can’t visit those any more.

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Porsche Taycan charging bays
Opinion 

EV tax is like adding 50 percent to the price of petrol…

November 27, 2020November 30, 2020 John Carey 3210 Views

Imagine if a politician announced a new tax that increased the price of petrol by 50 percent. The screaming ferocity

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FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle
EV advice EV types 

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

July 27, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
Hybrid 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

VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review
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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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