Category: Australia

Australia’s biggest carbon credit generating method to expire in September

Highlights HIR method generated highest volume over last 3 years Regulator advises new application submission by July 2 No method approved yet to replace HIR after September The Human-Induced Regeneration method, the biggest

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What can Australia do to encourage more EVs?

The rhetoric suggests Australia is a decade behind on electric vehicle policy and purchasing. So, what needs to change? Dr Gail Broadbent is passionate about the benefits of electric vehicles. A government policy

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Expired electric-car batteries to threaten Australian environment from 2030, experts warn

Most electric car manufacturers forecast battery degradation after seven or eight years – which is when Australia will be bracing for a new environmental danger, experts warn. View 6 images A landmark university study

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2024 Ford Ranger plug-in hybrid on track for Australia, due next year

The first plug-in hybrid ute on sale in Australia is due in local showrooms next year with turbo-petrol power. But it could be sourced from a different factory to diesel versions sold here.

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75 Years of Porsche Dreamers: Lesleigh Jermanus

When Lesleigh Jermanus stepped out on the runway at this year’s Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, it was, in her words, “a personal and collective dream come true.” It was also the third summit

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End-of-life EV batteries could pose health and safety crisis

There are now over 100,000 electric vehicles (EVs) on Australian roads and although their proliferation is still in its infancy, a government-backed body plans to set up infrastructure to prevent end-of-life batteries ending

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Clean energy experts call for ICE cars to be banned

Tough measures and more funding required to make EVs cheaper and to upscale charging infrastructure Some of Australia’s leading clean energy experts have called on the federal government to adopt stringent new measures

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Renewed calls to mandate AM radio in cars – for emergency alerts in bushfires and floods – as the simple but reliable tech disappears

An Australian Government report has warned the removal of AM radio from new cars could have life-threatening consequences during natural disasters in remote areas, where there is no phone signal or internet connection.

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Tough and dependable SUV has arrived

Australian families have been snapping up these SUVs in big numbers this year, we find out why its so popular. VALUE The Subaru Forester was tough to get hold of early last year,

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Mahindra XUV700 Reviews | Overview

Overview   IT HAS been easy to dismiss Mahindra’s past offerings as fit for developing markets and little more. The Indian manufacturer has had several attempts at introducing its vehicles to ‘first world’

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