NSW Hits Major EV Registration Milestone

EV uptake in New South Wales

Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) uptake is continuing to rise in New South Wales, comprising 8.6 per cent of new light vehicle sales this year to the end of Q3 2025; helped along by the increase in public charging infrastructure. It’s a big jump up from just 0.7 per cent in 2020. [Read more…]

Evnex Unveils “Grid Now, Solar Later” EV Charger

Evnex Flex E2 EV charger

Kiwi company Evnex has taken the wraps off a hard-wired home EV charger for budget-conscious buyers  — the E2 Flex. Find out what it includes (and doesn’t) and how much it costs. [Read more…]

RedEarth V2G EV Charger (Nearly) Ready To Rock

RedEarth bidirectional V2G EV charger

Brisbane-based energy storage and EV charger firm RedEarth has provided a progress update regarding its Australian-made V2G bi-directional EV charger. Find out when it should be available — and brace yourself for the price. [Read more…]

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…]

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