The main message from the results of our Federal elections is that action on climate change and the road to get there is front and centre in most electorates. This is across party lines with the Teal candidates punishing recalcitrant policymakers in the outgoing government that ignored the elephant in the room for too long and the Greens making ground on the other side of the political spectrum. For too long transport and the adoption of electric vehicles have been left in the too hard basket. But what is the blueprint to make the adoption of electric vehicles ubiquitous?
The 2022 AEVA Conference and Exhibition will be held at Exhibition Park in Canberra from Friday 5 August.
Are you getting ready to install a power point or charging unit in your garage or carport, in preparation for getting an EV? Or are you planning to offer public charging, and want to know how to arrange your site? Here is where the charge ports are located on vehicles currently (or soon to be) available in Australia.
The Ravensthorpe DC fast charger is finally installed after 2 years of campaigning.
Hello [firstname], As part of the Nullabor Charging gap project, please come for the send-off on Sunday 9th January, and consider whether you would like to join the convoy to Caiguna arriving there 15/16 January. All are welcome! Temporary DC chargers will be installed in Southern Cross and Norseman, and permanent ones at Balladonia or Fraser Ranges and Madura Oasis. On Sunday 9/1/22 the BiØfil destined for Caiguna (plus the plug-in DC chargers for locations on the way) will be sent-off with a 72 EV salute. This is the number of carparking spots at @Jon8 Electrons Green Theme’s workshop at 103, Garling Street, O'Connor. 10:00 to 11:00 with a coffee van on the street (hopefully no room in the parking spots). Jon's workshop with all his charging assets will be open for inspection. On 15/1/22 and 16/1/22 …
Hello [firstname], As part of the Nullabor Charging gap project, please come for the send-off on Sunday 9th January, and consider whether you would like to join the convoy to Caiguna arriving there 15/16 January. All are welcome! Temporary DC chargers will be installed in Southern Cross and Norseman, and permanent ones at Balladonia or Fraser Ranges and Madura Oasis. On Sunday 9/1/22 the BiØfil destined for Caiguna (plus the plug-in DC chargers for locations on the way) will be sent-off with a 72 EV salute. This is the number of carparking spots at @Jon8 Electrons Green Theme’s workshop at 103, Garling Street, O'Connor. 10:00 to 11:00 with a coffee van on the street (hopefully no room in the parking spots). Jon's workshop with all his charging assets will be open for inspection. On 15/1/22 and 16/1/22 …
At the AEVA ACT meeting on 18 October 2021, a panel discussed their experiences with five plug-in hybrids: A Hyundai Ioniq PHEV, a Holden Volt, a Mitsubishi Outlander, a BMW 330e and a Prius Prime.
Theme: The future is clear - EVs are here! Videos are now available for free via Youtube.
Dear [firstname], Firstly, sorry about the short notice, but we'll be holding a fairly casual meeting at the Curtin University Physical Sciences building (building 301) tomorrow night (Tuesday the 14th of September) from 6 pm. Several of us on the committee have been busy, elsewhere, or otherwise unable to plan our monthly meeting, so we're very sorry about that! Also, there is a national branch chair's meeting using Zoom at the same time as our meeting, so the Zoom simulcast won't be operational as per usual. That said, Curtin University doesn't have the same audiovisual package that UWA's Billings room does, so it wouldn't be as nice anyway. So, we'd like to get the formalities normally covered at a meeting in this newsletter, and save the best part for the meetup; hanging around, drinking tea and shooting the breeze about …
To save boot space in a Kona EV there have been a few solutions proposed to fit a 'temporary use' spare tyre to your Kona EV or other models, as many EVs do not come with a spare tyre. Please read the full article below that includes photos of what you will need to complete the process.