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1 month ago | 
thedriven.io | Giles Parkinson |Joshua Hill
Australian electric vehicle (EV) distributor AusEV has unveiled what it describes as Australia’s first fully electric 4×4 mining and construction ute, and which it says will beat its fossil fuel equivalents on the total cost of ownership.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
thedriven.io | Joshua Hill
Jet Charge, Australia’s leading hardware supplier and installer of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, says it has raised $72 million in equity investment to further accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). The capital raised will be used to scale up the company’s rollout of charging infrastructure in an effort to make EVs an increasingly practical option for all drivers.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
thedriven.io | Joshua Hill
Melbourne headquartered smart energy retailer Amber Electric announced on Tuesday that it has acquired popular local electric vehicle (EV) charging platform Charge HQ.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
thedriven.io | Joshua Hill
Leading Australian motoring club RACV has this week completed a “comprehensive” upgrade of its electric vehicle (EV) charging network across Victoria. RACV announced on Tuesday that it had completed the upgrade of its EV network at its resorts, City Club, and public locations across Victoria, enhancing the speed and reliability of the chargers.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
thedriven.io | Joshua Hill
Leading Australian energy company AGL Energy announced on Wednesday that it had acquired Everty, an Australian owned electric vehicle (EV) software platform that delivers charging and energy management solutions for EVs.Founded in 2016, Everty provides EV charging solutions and a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to companies installing EV charging infrastructure which allows operators to monitor, manage, and monetise their charging infrastructure assets.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
thedriven.io | Joshua Hill
Texas based electric vehicle (EV) start-up Canoo announced last week that it was filing for bankruptcy and would immediately cease operations. Founded in 2017 as Evelozcity, the company was renamed in 2019 with a goal of “reinventing the automotive landscape with bold innovations in design, pioneering technologies, and a unique business model that spans all owners in the full lifecycle of the electric vehicle”.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
thedriven.io | Joshua Hill
Californian electric carmakers Aptera Motors and Telo Trucks have announced a partnership to introduce integrated solar panel options for the Telo MT1, billed as the world’s most efficient EV pickup. The two carmakers, both based in California and both aiming to reinvent electrified driving, announced late last week that they would partner to provide up to three solar panel kits for the Telo MT1.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
thedriven.io | Joshua Hill
Even though new car sales in Norway barely topped the numbers seen in 2023, electric vehicles (EVs) nevertheless continued to dominate, accounting for 89 per cent of all new passenger car sales throughout 2024. New figures published earlier this month by the Opplysningsrådet for veitrafikken (OFV), Norway’s Road Traffic Information Council, revealed that sales of new passenger vehicles in 2024 hit 128,691, only 1.4 per cent up on 2023.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
thedriven.io | Joshua Hill
Targeting the best-selling Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger utes, first deliveries of the BYD Shark 6 plug-in hybrid from Chinese EV giant BYD began in Australia this week. The first set of keys were handed over in Brisbane in partnership with BYD’s exclusive Australian distributor, EVDirect. Demonstrating the potential demand for electrified utes in Australia, the Shark 6 has already racked up over 5,500 orders since pre-orders went live in October.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
thedriven.io | Joshua Hill
Australia’s Capital Territory is celebrating a significant electric vehicle (EV) milestone, announcing last week that it had registered over 10,000 EVs.The Australian Electric Vehicle Association (AEVA) confirmed that the ACT had reached the 10,000 EV milestone in the first week of December, with EV numbers increasing from 400 to 10,000 in under five years. “Electric vehicles are now fimly part of the Canberra landscape,” said Paul Wayper, ACT branch advocacy lead at the AEVA.
