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Aussies keen on electric cars according to new survey

A survey of Aussie drivers show that they are eager to jump into a particular new car, but there are several reasons why they won’t be big sellers.

Dom Tripolone

An electric car revolution is brewing in Australia.

New research from comparison website Finder shows that Aussies are warming to the emissions busting technology. The survey showed almost one in two Australians would consider buying an electric car as their next vehicle. Two of the biggest reasons cited were because it is “better for the planet” and to save money on petrol.

A new survey shows almost one in two Aussies would consider buying an electric car.Source:Supplied

Electric car sales in Australia are very low — 1755 zero-emission vehicles found a new home in 2020. This doesn’t include Tesla, which doesn’t report its sales figures publicly but is rumoured to be about double that figure. Taylor Bl…

Lithium miner back in the driving seat on electric vehicle rebound

Lithium miner back in the driving seat on electric vehicle rebound By Nick Toscano For Australia’s miners of lithium, one of the critical metals to make electric batteries, last year started out like the one before it: with the same weakness in demand and pricing that has been forcing operators into survival mode. The markets for battery ingredients lithium and cobalt, which soared from 2016-18, went from boom to bust after a rush of new projects tipped the industry into oversupply, and reductions in Chinese subsidy programs put a pause on the electric vehicle revolution. Pilbara Minerals CEO Ken Brinsden says 2020 was a “tale of two halves”.CREDIT:PHILIP GOSTELOW The price of hard-rock lithium concentrate known as spodumene had crashed by nearly half already and the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to drive car sales even lower. But as it turned out, 2020 was a “tale of two halves”, says Ken Brinsden, chief executive of Pilbara Minerals, one of Australia’s …

Hyundai Electric Cars – 1800 kilometres in an electric Hyundai Kona

Range anxiety be damned: 1800 kilometres in an electric Hyundai Kona

Hidden charging stations, dodgy mobile connections and long waits are par for the course on an Australian drive, but it's all worth it when the bill arrives.

Robert Pascoe As the spectre of climate change becomes more threatening and the cost of electric vehicles comes down, more and more Australians are considering investing in electric cars. An EV promises to lighten both carbon footprints and fuel costs but, on this vast continent linked by long stretches of highway, one significant question remains: can an EV comfortably drive the kind of distances that separate our big cities? Between the Victorian lockdowns we put our new electric Hyundai Kona to the test, driving from Melbourne via Canberra to Sydney and back, a journey of 1800 kilometres. The advertised range of the Kona is 440 kilometres, but that's with no sudden braking, no dramatic acceleration (always …