Electric Buses Rule Down Under

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 03:35:46 +0000

The 2024 National Bus and Coach Show was held in Brisbane last month featuring a vast array of buses in all sizes and drivetrains. Of course, CleanTechnica’s readers are mainly interested in battery electric vehicles, and so we will be focussing on those. Presently, only about 0.2% of buses on … [continued]

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Brisbane Airport Electrifies Airside Services

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 23:05:01 +0000

How do you make a busy metropolitan airport function more sustainably? In an Australian first, Brisbane Airport is installing “a common-use ground support equipment charging system in an airside environment.” Initially, 35 chargers will be installed, with plans to install over 100 more in the future. It is another piece … [continued]

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Toyota Installs Chargers as the EV Penetration Rate Goes Over the Cliff in Australia

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2024 07:39:09 +0000

Now that’s two pieces of almost contradictory news. Toyota’s installing chargers, but there are fewer EVs being sold. Added to … [continued]

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Olympic Games Supercharge Tactical Plan For EV Uptake In Australia

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 23:03:57 +0000

Brisbane, Queensland, has won the bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic games. These games are the first required to be “climate positive.” In their latest Network Electric Vehicles Tactical Plan, Energex, which operates the electricity distribution network in and around Brisbane, and Ergon Energy Network, which operates the network in regional Queensland, detail their […]

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Baby Steps for EV Chargers in Australia

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 04:31:48 +0000

Slowly and with baby steps, Australia’s charging network is being built out. As well as large networks of high-speed chargers being built by state governments, along the coastal highways circling this vast country, motoring associations and commercial providers are ramping up their provisions. (It must be noted that these commercial ventures are also in part […]

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