SolarEdge’s ONE EV Charger Lands In Australia

SolarEdge One EV Charger

Originally unveiled in May this year, SolarEdge’s new EV charger – ONE – has arrived on our shores and is on its way to Australian distributors. [Read more…]

Apartment EV Charging Project Scores ARENA Backing

Charging an EV via an Intelligent Power Socket (IPS)

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is supporting a project that will see ‘intelligent power sockets’ installed in selected apartment buildings nationwide to power Level 1 EV charging. [Read more…]

Victorian EV Charging Inquiry Seeking Submissions

Electric vehicle charging

A recently launched parliamentary inquiry in Victoria is delving into how the state can best balance EV charging with electricity supply and demand in the state — and feedback from the public is invited. [Read more…]

Daycharging; It’s Time To Deploy Power Points Everywhere


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 Unveils *DC* Bidirectional Home EV Charger

Enphase DC IQ Bidirectional EV Charger

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…]

Forget V2G. Let’s Get Serious About G2V.

 

A line of EVs charging

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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Electric Vehicle Council Pushes For V2G Charger Rebate

A bidirectional V2G charger being plugged into an EV port

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…]

The Home EV Charger Installation Project From Hell

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…]

AEVA Calls For “Right To Charge” EV Legislation

EV chargers in the underground car park of an apartment building 

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…]

Wiring Wrangles: How Power And Data Make Electricians Bicker

data cable and EVSE supply wiring

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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