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Charging the Peugeot e-2008
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$2500 rebates for EV smart chargers launches this month! But guess what? Yep, there are conditions…

January 1, 2025December 31, 2024 Bruce Newton 12612 Views $2500, charging, ev, Rebate, smart charger

A multi-million dollar federal government scheme providing up to $2500 to install an electric vehicle smart charger will commence this

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Nissan Leaf being used for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging
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Grid up! Regulation rewrite boosts bi-directional charging in Australia to enable V2G, V2H

July 9, 2024July 15, 2024 Bruce Newton 24392 Views Bidirectional, charging, Jet charge, V2G, V2H

Vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid charging using electric vehicles as battery storage is set to finally get rolling in Australia. The crucial

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2025 Polestar 5 battery testing.
LATEST Technology 

Another battery breakthrough! Polestar 5 shows off ultra-fast 370kW EV charging

May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 John Mahoney 332392 Views battery, charging, polestar, polestar 5, porsche, StoreDot, Taycan

Polestar has released the first details of its pioneering next-generation battery technology that will close the gap between recharging an

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The Kia EV9
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2023 Kia EV9 review: What do you get if you mix a Mazda CX-90 with a Toyota LandCruiser and a Nissan Pathfinder? This electric SUV might just be better than all of them | review

July 3, 2023July 23, 2023 Toby Hagon 8466 Views australia, charging, Kia EV9, Price and features, review

The Kia EV9 electric SUV is the latest in the expanding EV-branded family of electric cars. It’s also by far

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2022 BYD Atto 3
EV LATEST Opinion 

The worst thing about owning an electric vehicle in Australia isn’t getting any better. In fact, it’s getting worse | Opinion

July 1, 2023July 1, 2023 Stephen Corby 5995 Views Atto 3, australia, BYD, charging, model 3, model y, Tesla

I know we’re all rushing to order our own BYD Atto3, Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, Kia EV6 or

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Chargefox 350kW ultra-rapid charger
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NRMA pushes governments on EV policy

February 5, 2021June 28, 2021 Stephen Corby 2335 Views charging

Peak motoring body the NRMA is becoming increasingly concerned about Australia’s lack of preparedness for the EV revolution, and is

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Professor Francois Aguey-Zinsou with a LAVO hydrogen battery
EV charging LATEST 

Australia leads the way with hydrogen battery – and BBQ

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Stephen Corby 5838 Views australia, batteries, charging, electric car, ev, hydrogen, Hydrogen batteries

Australia is leading the charge towards hydrogen-based power sources with a local company, LAVO, announcing the world’s first hydrogen-powered domestic

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Volkswagen mobile charging robot protoype
EV charging Technology 

Meet the robot that could soon be charging your electric car

December 29, 2020January 5, 2021 Toby Hagon 3815 Views autonomous charging, charging, electric car charging, ev charging, robot, Volkswagen

Charging an electric car could soon involve little more than a tap of a smartphone screen. Volkswagen has developed a

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2020 Porsche Taycan Turbo S
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Porsche’s Idiot’s Guide video to charging the Taycan EV

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 Iain Curry 5028 Views charging, porsche

To paraphrase the joke, how do you know someone’s a Porsche aficionado? Answer? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you. And it

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Jet Charger
EV charging News 

Charging up – EV wallbox installs surge 500 percent

August 21, 2020September 8, 2020 Stephen Corby 2760 Views australia, charging, ev, evsales, homecharging, jetcharge, porschetaycan, Taycan, wallbox

Any doubt about the increasing level of interest in EVs in Australia can be quickly removed by a chat with

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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025
LATEST NEW EVs News 

Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025

January 4, 2025 Toby Hagon 9
EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024
NEW EVs News 

EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

May 1, 2024 EV Central team 2
New EV electric car calendar
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New EV electric car calendar

December 5, 2023 EV Central team Comments Off on New EV electric car calendar
The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023
LATEST NEW EVs News 

The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023

January 3, 2023 Toby Hagon 2

Types of EVs

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
EV advice EV types 

Hybrid vehicle

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on Hybrid vehicle
EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle
EV advice EV types 

EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle

Beginner’s Guide to EV Charging: Brought to you by Ampol

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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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