Since the beginning of this month, new electric and hybrid vehicle models coming into the Australian market for the first time must have an Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS). New sales of existing models already available here also require AVAS from late next year. [Read more…]

I don’t mind admitting that I was recently taken for a ride — by a robot car.  Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised) has arrived in Australia, and it took me for a spin.

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Along with a bunch of facts and figures, a new report on the state of electric vehicles in Australia in 2025 contains recommendations on how to put the pedal to the metal on EV uptake. [Read more…]

I was watching the NRL Grand Final with the lads on Sunday. Cracker of a game. Afterwards, we flicked over to the Singapore Grand Prix. Boring as batshit. So we started talking cars. Out of five of us, three had Teslas – me included. The other two owners love their cars. Cheap to run, great drive, no servicing. But both said they wouldn’t buy another. One reason: Elon’s turned into an arsehole.

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Naysayers claim electric vehicles simply won’t work at scale in a country like Australia. Yet there are countries with far more unfavourable conditions for EVs that are leading the way.

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Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers met with his state/territory counterparts on Friday to discuss (among other things) a potential road user charge (RUC) for electric vehicles. [Read more…]

A road user charge for electric vehicle use in Australia seems not a matter of if, more a question of when. But should common sense prevail, it won’t just apply to EVs. [Read more…]

The Coalition has made election promises to temporarily cut taxes and regulations on petrol-guzzling cars. But you could save a lot more through existing Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) exemptions for EVs, which even encompass charging gear and electricity consumed. Here’s how to zoom past both the tax collector and the petrol pump.

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Some ideas are just too clever to die. Like Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) — the notion that your electric car can act as a home battery. Park it at home, plug it in, and when the sun goes down or prices spike, your car sells energy back to the grid. It’s green, it’s clever, and it feels like you’re gaming the system.

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Australians got a taste of the avalanche of new EVs heading our way at the Everything Electric show in Sydney, where Tesla unveiled its latest offering in the face of its collapsing share price and increased competition.

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