Tag: electric vehicles

CSIRO study pumps brakes on EV led critical mineral demand

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The expected surge in sustained demand for critical metals for the electric vehicle revolution may be shorter lived than many are predicting, but repurposing the batteries could transform Australia’s...

Design solution for the looming battery waste crisis

Posted on   |  by Dominic Spooner
Brisbane battery casing design company Vaulta was founded in response to the looming environmental disaster of batteries from electric vehicles. Currently they mostly go to landfill, a massive waste...

Summer’s coming. Will the power go out? 

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
As we head into summer, our high electricity demand season, it is time to reflect on exactly how well our electricity supply is tracking. 

NSW unveils $480m electric vehicles package

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government will commit nearly half a billion dollars in Tuesday’s budget to the uptake of electric vehicles, including limited $3,000 rebates and the removal of...

Victorian Parliament passes EVs tax

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A controversial new distance-based tax for electric vehicle owners has passed Victorian Parliament and will come into effect from July. The “zero and low-emission vehicle distance-based charge” will see...

Victoria’s $100M EV plan a ‘useful path forward’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian government’s new $100 million plan to encourage electric vehicle uptake offers a “useful path forward”, but much more work and money are required to reach its target...