EV Blog

The purpose of this blog is to communicate and share experiences on electric vehicles in general and the WA EV Trial in particular.  Please feel free to post any comment you like.  We look forward to a lively discussion on this amazing revolution in motoring!

Thomas Braunl, Rob Mason and Terry Mader nominated for Award

Posted by terry on Mar 21, 2011 in Events | 1 comment

Thomas Braunl from UWA, Rob Mason from EV Works and Terry Mader from CO2Smart are finalists for the 2011 SEA Awards for Excellence and Innovation in the category Ambassador, for their work in relation to the WA EV Trial.  The awards are handed out by Australia’s Sustainable Energy Association who are having their annual conference in Perth this week.  The awards will be handed out at the conference dinner to be held on Thursday the 24th of March.  For more information go to:...

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Trial kicks-off

Posted by admin on Feb 21, 2011 in Recharging, Vehicles | 0 comments

Trial kicks-off

On the 24th of November 2010 the first publicly available fast-charge recharge station was opened at the RAC West Perth building. During the ceremony the prototype car of the trial was also handed over to the Minister for Transport and Disability Simon O’Brien MLC. The prototype car will be used by the Department of Transport and will operate as part of their normal...

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Free parking for EV’s

Posted by admin on Feb 21, 2011 in Recharging, Vehicles | 0 comments

Free parking for EV’s

Did you know that in Amsterdam and many other European cities EV owners can get free parking space for their vehicles?   This in order to pull the early adopters over the line.  On the photo a Tesla charging up at a fast-charge station on one of the canals in the middle of...

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Holden Commodores to be converted

Posted by admin on Feb 21, 2011 in Vehicles | 1 comment

Find a link below to an interesting article on an EV project announced on Friday the 18th of February, involving the Federal Government and some other parties to convert Holden Commodores in the Eastern States: http://www.caradvice.com.au/105472/ev-engineering-limited-3-5m-ev-holden-commodore-project/  

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