Insurers evaluate EV fire risk
IT WAS ONLY A MATTER of time before insurers took a close look at the fire risk posed by electric vehicles, especially when they are parked in and near homes, in garages, in underground carparks
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Government explains plan to get more EVs on our roads
WHETHER WE WANT THEM or not, the government is determined to push ahead until we are all driving EVs, despite many people being adamantly opposed and many more being far from convinced. The National Electric
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More than half believe EV adoption targets “not achievable”
NEW GLOBAL RESEARCH COMMISSIONED by ABB Robotics and leading industry publication Automotive Manufacturing Solutions, revealed that more than half (59 percent) of respondents believe the shift to pure electric vehicle production is not achievable within
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Toyota plans to be selling 50% electric by 2025
TOYOTA AUSTRALIA TODAY REVEALED PLANS to launch at least three EVs in three years, starting with the bZ4X (a model name that sounds like the noise you hear when you put your finger in an
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How much less does an EV cost to run than a petrol car?
COMPARING THE SIMPLE FUEL costs of an EV (electric vehicle) compared to an ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicle is something we’ve always wondered about, and yet most information simply suggests that an EV is considerably
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How genuine is the push to EVs?
WE HAVE MADE THE POINT BEFORE: we’re not sure the push to have us all driving EVs has been thoroughly thought through. Now, an article by Bjorn Lomborg (president of the Copenhagen Consensus and visiting
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EV needs towing? Not so fast!
IT SEEMS TO US that EV buyer education is woefully inadequate. Now there’s another issue that EV owners should be aware of (and from what we can tell, most of them aren’t). Electric vehicles (including
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So you really think EVs are going to work?
THERE ARE MANY ISSUES facing the implementation of electric vehicles, not least of which is the lack of infrastructure. The simple fact is that we have failed to adequately plan for and prepare for the
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Another EV fire causes concern
Bill Buys reports that a massive fire at an EV parking lot in India is another headache for the industry ABOUT 100 vehicles were gutted by a massive fire at an EV parking facility in
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Buying an EV to save money? But will you?
REMEMBER WHEN BUYING health insurance or a mobile phone plan was almost impossible because you could never compare apples with apples? Welcome to the new world, where buying an electric vehicle has joined health insurance
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