Neerav Bhatt's blog: electric Australian transportation & sustainable homes
In their marketing Genesis Australia promises that all versions of their Genesis GV60 2023 electric car are capable of a 10.5kW maximum AC charging rate. At home using a single phase 7kW charger the promised charging time from 10% to 100% is... Read More
I recently drove 356km in a Australian Long Range Dual Motor electric car around Sydney. There were lots of short less than 10km trips as well as a 140km drive from Marrickville to Mount Annan Botanic Gardens return and a 165km loop drive from... Read More
The NRMA will start charging for the use of it’s previously free electric car DC fast charging network progressively from 27th September. This news will be warmly greeted by the Australian electric car driving community because while free is nice... Read More
In their marketing Polestar Australia promise that all versions of their Polestar 2 MY24 (2024 model) electric car are capable of a 11 kW AC charging time (3-phase 16A) AC charging rate. At home using a single phase 7kW charger the promised charging... Read More
Some Australian EV owners are finding that although Tesla just opened 30 Supercharger locations to Non-Tesla EVs in Australia, they aren’t as useful as expected because: charging speeds at 250kW sites are much lower than their car is capable... Read More
Last week there were Zero DC chargers at speeds 150kW and above available to residents of Canberra who owned a non Tesla electric car or for tourists visiting the nation’s capital in a non Tesla EV. Today August 30th 2023 that has changed... Read More
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
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
I asked my contact at Ampol AmpCharge Why is it that at quite a few AMPCharge sites eg Alexandria (Sydney), 400V electric cars can only charge at about 75kW rate max? Only the few 800v electric cars like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and EV6 get the full 150kW... Read More
Just before Christmas 2022 I met some European tourists who were upset because they couldn’t refill their electric cars at Chargefox and Evie Networks EV chargers. The problem at that time was that Chargefox and Evie mobile apps wouldn’t... Read More