Governments playing part in rising electric and hybrid car sales, analysis shows Economy & Industry Sales of hybrid and electric vehicles are on the rise, with 58,595 hybrid and 6,900 battery or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles sold in 2020.
Premium Columnists Electric dreams and the EV problem in Australia Tuesday June 1, 2021 By Binoy Kampmark Economy & Industry Australia is becoming a market for obsolete petrol-engine technology. A Volkswagen Australia spokesperson even called the country the 'automotive third world'.
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero carbon emission cities Wednesday March 31, 2021 By Christian Brand Editors' Picks The emission savings from replacing internal combustion engines with zero-carbon ones will not happen fast enough for the window we have.
Victoria’s electric vehicle tax and the theory of the second-best Wednesday December 9, 2020 By John Quiggin Economy & Industry Increasing what the owners of electric-powered vehicles pay is a second-best solution that might move us further away from first best. It might discourage the…
This tiny electric car is selling like hot cakes in China Friday October 2, 2020 By Vanessa Bates Ramirez Editors' Picks Hopefully once the pandemic has subsided, people will go back to riding public transit. But in the meantime, if we’ve got to buy cars, they…
New battery lets electric cars go 200 miles on a 10-minute charge Thursday January 16, 2020 By Edd Gent Communications & Technology Electric vehicles could decarbonise one of the most polluting sectors of our economy, but they’re bedevilled by one major problem: range anxiety. A new battery…
Here’s why infrastructure will make or break our response to climate change Wednesday January 15, 2020 By Joel Moser Economy & Industry Many of the solutions to the climate change crisis are about infrastructure choices, as infrastructure development can either advance our progress in addressing climate change…
The opportunities and risks of decarbonising our transport Friday August 9, 2019 By Michael Brear Economy & Industry Australia lags the EU, Japan and the US in non-GHG emissions and fuel quality standards, which are both key determinants of air quality. We are…
