We need more EVs charging during the day. Not just fancy charging stations – plain power points in every car park will do the trick.

It will offer huge benefits, drawing cheap solar energy when its plentiful and freeing cars up to discharge back to the grid at night.

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Enphase Energy has taken the wraps off its new IQ Bidirectional EV Charger, a DC device that will offer vehicle-to-home (V2H) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) support. See what’s under the bonnet. [Read more…]

I was on a panel at Electrify Adelaide last week, sat next to Saul Griffith, who was promoting his brilliant new book Plug In. During audience questions, someone asked how important Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) would be in the years ahead.

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The Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) has made its case for expanding Australia’s home battery rebate program to include Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) EV chargers. [Read more…]

Many hard-wired home EV charger installations are reasonably straightforward, but others very difficult. This project fell firmly into the latter category. Discover the challenges, approach, outcome — and the cost. [Read more…]

Owners corporations and bodies corporate preventing the installation and use of EV charging equipment in strata developments will hold back electric vehicle uptake in Australia says the AEVA. [Read more…]

SolarQuotes recently detailed the fairly difficult installation of a home EV charger and sure enough, the electricians turned up in the comments section to start arguing about it.

Read on while we explain that you don’t always have to put data cable in its own pipe.

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For those with experience living with remote area power, you’ll know every watt counts, especially in winter.

If you want an EV, then you’ll almost certainly need more solar, and the best available management for charging the new car.

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According to installers we trust, what are the best EV charger brands in Australia in 2025?

It was tough competition for the top spot – with only a handful of votes separating first and third place. Find out the winners below.

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Bidirectional charging has long been the white whale of electric vehicle owners in Australia, and at long last ARENA has released a chart revealing where this elusive leviathan of energy storage can be found.

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