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The announcement of a new fast-charging network to link the major east coast cities will do much to encourage motorists to buy electric cars. But the power utilities need to get on board too.
Many US cities are investing in bike infrastructure and shade trees. Properly located, these additions can make streets cooler, cleaner and safer for all users – even those who drive.
Electric cars and smartphones have created growing demand – and volatile prices – for once obscure metals.
As EVs make more inroads, giving tenants somewhere to plug in their cars could become a selling point.
Warnings that a tide of electric vehicles will cut Australia’s tax income put the cart well before the (low-emissions) horse.
Electric cars might be a quick fix to clean up transport, but the problems with cars go beyond just emissions.
It will be hard to adjust. Considering what happened with the onset of car travel and web surfing, society can’t just wing it.
Elon Musk is a master of keeping investors believing in the dream of Tesla, but analysis of the company’s output and financials reveal a darker picture.
There is a rapid shift in production of electric cars all over the world. But how will it benefit ordinary people?
Self-driving, shared, electric vehicles and increasing urban density represent four disruptions that will transform city life. But a transport utopia isn’t a guaranteed outcome of their interactions.
Despite the hype around electric vehicles, sales in most nations, including Canada, remain stagnant. Policy support in California and Norway have helped boost sales.
Elon Musk’s new Semi has platooning capability - where multiple trucks commute in a line with a single driver in the lead vehicle. But could it work in Australia?
While other countries race into the distance, Australia is still on the starting grid when it comes to electric cars. Why so slow? Because we don’t have a proper recharging network.
The implications, economic and otherwise, of this massive policy change are only beginning to sink in.
The road to an electric future needs to be paved with more than good intentions.
Shifting to plug-in cars wouldn’t be enough to max out global oil consumption by 2040. But it could help make that happen if cities pitch in and ride-sharing doesn’t crowd out public transportation.
Australia needs to ‘embrace uncertainty’ on the future of transport, with flexible, holistically focused policy.
Volvo might be the first car company to go all-electric, but it’s far from the market leader and petrol will continue to be relied upon.
More than 200 mayors have committed their cities to stick with the Paris climate deal no matter what the US does. Electric vehicles offer a promising route to making good on that pledge.
Top contributors
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Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University
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E-Mobility Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Associate, Institute of Coding, Coventry University
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Professor and Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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Senior Lecturer and Co-Director, Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence (EVCE), Cardiff University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor of Business and Sustainability, Cardiff University
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Professor of Environmental Geography, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, UNSW Sydney
