Neerav Bhatt's blog: electric Australian transportation & sustainable homes
If you’re going to be away from home on holiday or for work and you’re planning to leave your car at home, at an airport carpark etc for several weeks or months then you need to take precautions to make sure your car will be drivable when... Read More
At last week’s MG4 Australian media launch the car I sat in and took photos of most had Continental tyres. However later I was shown Bridgestone tyres in a photo taken by someone test driving an MG4 at a Victorian MG dealer and looking closer at... Read More
I recently drove 762km in an Australian Kia EV EV6 Air (2022/2023) model electric car, a large portion of that distance was on motorways during a family holiday. The car was a media loan review vehicle borrowed from Kia Australia and the temperature... Read More
While attending the Australian media launch and briefing about the new MG4 electric hatchback I asked a lot of the frequently asked questions from potential buyers. I noted down answers from MG which are listed below mixed in with my comments. The... Read More
Aussie electric vehicle (EV) owner interview – I spoke with Kieran Andrews about his purchase of a Tesla Model Y 2022 and experience driving, servicing, charging etc. Kieran works for Chargefox. EDITOR: I’m publishing a regular series of... Read More
If you’re wondering how much boot storage space the Australian Hyundai Ioniq 5 2023 has, it’s listed as 527 litres. The wide hatchback style opening is easy to access because the lid opens up so high, just like it’s cousin the Kia... Read More
In their marketing Hyundai Australia promise that all versions of their Ioniq 5 (2023) electric car are capable of a 10.5kW AC charging rate. At home using a single phase 7kW charger the promised charging time from 10% to 100% is approximately 11hr... Read More
The following is a discussion with Aussie electric vehicle (EV) driver Steve Boromand, who drives a Kia EV6 GT-Line for work (we should all be so lucky!). Steve works for Gemtek, one of the pioneers in Australia’s eMobility sector, which has been... Read More
Good Car Company have been importing second hand Nissan Leaf electric vehicles (EV) from Japan into Australia since 2019 and many people have found them great value but are they still a good choice compared to a new EV hatchback? In early 2023 when I... Read More
In their marketing MG Australia promise that all versions of the 2022 and 2023 MG ZS EV Excite and Essence electric car are capable of a 11kW AC charging rate. I tested whether this was true twice. Firstly at a friends place connected to their Zappi... Read More