{"id":42068,"date":"2020-08-24T14:17:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T03:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=42068"},"modified":"2020-08-24T14:21:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T03:51:16","slug":"ace-ev-adelaide-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ace-ev-adelaide-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Will ACE-EV Reboot The Australian Car Industry With A $40,000 Electric Van?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The ACE Cargo electric van will, fingers-crossed, be made in Adelaide and sell for about $40,000.<\/p><\/div>\n

The future of road transport is electric.\u00a0 This is clear from the falling cost of batteries and crystal clear if you’ve ever gotten behind the wheel of an electric car that takes off like a rocket.<\/p>\n

Many people who are willing to pay for performance now realise they can get more bang for their buck by zipping around on a battery with wheels, rather than a metal bang box using controlled explosions. \u00a0New luxury internal combustion engine cars will soon disappear, and with time and cost reductions, electric vehicles will take over the budget end of the market too.<\/p>\n

At the moment, it looks like the millions of electric cars bought in Australia will all be manufactured overseas.\u00a0 Australia no longer produces a single production line vehicle.\u00a0 But last week I took a spin in an electric van made by a company that intends to manufacture electric vehicles on a grand scale right here in Adelaide.\u00a0 ACE-EV<\/a> wants to reboot Australia’s car industry and build over 20,000 electric vehicles a year.<\/p>\n

ACE-EV stands for A<\/strong>ustralian C<\/strong>lean E<\/strong>nergy E<\/strong>lectric V<\/strong>ehicle, although I wonder which came first<\/a>, the name or the acronym?\u00a0 When I rocked up to test drive their electric cargo van, I thought I’d be giving details of the vehicle’s acceleration, range, and top speed — but it turns out the specifics haven’t been determined yet for their production model.\u00a0 While I can give some general information, it’s still a work in progress, and I can tell you the information they currently have online<\/a> is out of date.\u00a0 The good news is, all the changes are on the upside.\u00a0 Once they are ready to roll and start producing Australian made electric vehicles, I intend to write about it and give all the final details.<\/p>\n

The people at ACE-EV have put a tremendous amount of work into restarting the Australian car industry, and I wish them all the luck in the world.1<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0 But, despite the automotive infrastructure and talent that already exists here, unless the government provides an incentive, it may not go ahead.\u00a0 I’ll write an article giving all the reasons why manufacturing electric cars in Australia makes good sense — and a few reasons why it doesn’t — soon.\u00a0 For now, I’ll give an overview of ACE-EV’s plans and my spin in their electric cargo van.<\/p>\n

Electric Cars Are The Future — As The Past Shows<\/h2>\n

I’m guessing most people reading this know the advantages of EVs or electric vehicles, but if you want a refresher the main ones are covered in this clip on an Australian electric car from 1968:<\/p>\n