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Thursday 15 April 2020
Moreland Council’s newest public electric vehicle charging hub at 13-15 Edward Street, Brunswick is attracting the highest number of charge sessions per month of any charging station in Australia.
The new charging hub, which opened in May 2020, brings Moreland’s total tally of public electric vehicle chargers to 16. Moreland has the highest number of free-to-use public EV chargers owned and operated by Council of any municipality in Victoria. All electricity used to charge vehicles is renewable, sourced from the Crowlands Wind Farm.
The popularity of electric vehicles in Moreland is rapidly growing. In 2018, Council’s network of public chargers saw less than 10 charging sessions per month. March 2021 saw 725 charging sessions across the network.
Apr 13, 2021
Tesla Inc. and the electric-car industry generally thrive in the world’s richest nations. Not so in Australia, where even tractors outsell EVs two to one.
More than four decades after Mel Gibson’s supercharged Ford Falcon roared across the country in Mad Max, the car-loving nation is defying a global shift to electrification. Battery-powered vehicles made up just 0.7% of Australia’s new car sales in 2020, while in the U.K. and European Union, the figure soared to more than 10%.
The resistance is drawing the ire of global automakers, which are delaying or skipping vehicle releases in Australia to supply markets that offer EV subsidies and have more aggressive emissions targets. Volkswagen AG, Europe’s largest automaker, likens Australia’s EV policies to those of a “third-world country.”
Angus Whitley and Georgina Mckay, Bloomberg News A Volkswagen ID.4 electric Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) inside the VW Autostadt automobile delivery towers in Wolfsburg, Germany. , Bloomberg
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Tesla Inc. and the electric-car industry generally thrive in the worldâs richest nations. Not so in Australia, where even tractors outsell EVs two to one.
More than four decades after Mel Gibsonâs super-charged Ford Falcon roared across the country in Mad Max, the car-loving nation is defying a global shift to electrification. Battery-powered vehicles made up just 0.7% of Australiaâs new car sales in 2020, while in the U.K. and European Union, the figure soared to more than 10%.