One of the interesting aspects of any market segment gaining in size is that it forces many manufacturers and researchers to find new and faster ways to do things. Every market is the same and the electric car market is going through a period where manufacturers are working with researchers to find ways to get their products to market with a longer range or faster charging … [Read more...]
Tesla PowerPack Installation in South Australia
Back in 2017, South Australia did a deal with Elon Musk and Tesla to install a massive power pack of batteries in 100 days or Musk would cover the cost of the implementation. Strangely, the 100 day project was met, meaning that the State Government aka the taxpayers gave Tesla a chunk of cash. The whole offer was a little dodgy because it was announced in July of that year and … [Read more...]
Chargefox Partnership with Jaguar
A few weeks ago, Motoring Weekly wrote about JETCharge and their new charging network that they intend to roll out from Brisbane to Adelaide covering the major road on the east coast of Australia. This is a challenge that Better Place tried some years ago and failed, however the JETCharge concept not only has legs, it has backers and it is at a time when electric vehicle sales … [Read more...]
German Study Finds Electric Cars are not Emission Free
I suppose we have been waiting for this type of study to be released. Thanks to several cities announcing that they will ban all carbon-fuelled vehicles within 15 years and the VW “Dieselgate” scandal where emissions were found to be higher in real world usage than the testing suggested - Motoring Weekly has written many articles on this - electric cars have become the next … [Read more...]
JETCharge – A Pioneer in Electric Charging Infrastructure
We heard about JET Charge when we were researching the recent article about the Australian electric vehicle, the ACE EV. Unfortunately, like many technologies in Australia, they seem to be flying under the radar, which is great if you are planning a surprise attack, however not so great if you want people to know you are there! JET Charge has two very important offerings … [Read more...]