Category: Opinion / Lifestyle

A friend recently reported the proud purchase of her BYD Atto 3 on social media. Praise came thick and fast, from advice on wall chargers to how to get the most out of the Atto 3 range. There was, however, a single dissenter and here is the post (with names removed):

A CVT has no gears. Instead, think of it as a strong metal band between two adjustable reels.

The town has gained some considerable note as being the centre of the Indigo Shire project, appropriately named Totally Renewable Yackandandah, or TRY for short.

Last night, City of Sydney’s Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, joined state MP Alex Greenwich in the 45th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, riding in an Audi A5 Cabriolet.

Queensland is renowned for the extremes of its sweaty-palmed summers, Niagara-ish storms, kilometres of bogan-strewn beaches, and fabulous driving roads.

This is one of those times where no one is going to be happy, because EVs are better than ICE vehicles in every way that matters. Most of the critique comes from gronks who have never driven a battery operated vehicle, except a golf cart. “You can’t charge it,” they bleat. The charging infrastructure is…

Discussion on Social Media on the subject of e-scooters has blown-up after a week of serious injury.

I plugged the Model Y in, and headed jauntily for the lift, with a genuine bounce in my step. Sadly, I’d failed to check whether or not charging had begun. It hadn’t.

It is common for European cities, big and small to have pedestrianised parts of the CBD. It is also the case that many European cities don’t have a CBD as we know it. Is there something Australia can learn?

Charging EVs is hard enough at the best of times, especially for those of us who need a public charging station for lack of facilities at home.

I bet you thought I was going to tell you all about some fiery wreck that’s become a cinder garden ornament in a wrecker’s yard, but no, this story is about a late-night charge at the local shopping centre. I speak, of course, about East Village Shopping centre in Zetland, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The story begins with taking possession of a shiny new Electric CX40 Recharge