by georgejetson | Nov 2, 2021 | Electric vehicles, Mobility
One of the striking things I’ve noticed is that Tesla enthusiasts are rarely ‘car guys’. My definition of a car guy is a person who would immediately recognize the random digits 3-5-1 as the cubic displacement of a Ford V-8 engine (or 350 for GM fans). These are...
by georgejetson | Nov 25, 2020 | batteries, Electric vehicles, Hydrogen, Mobility, Narratives
Some of the responses to the proposed road tax caught my attention. The Victorian and South Australian Governments recently announced a tax for electric and zero-emissions vehicles. The Federal Fuel excise was originally intended to fund roads and currently raises...
by Graham Palmer | Sep 2, 2017 | Mobility
The future of mobility Last year, I posted on the penetration of electric vehicles in Australia. After reading Benedict Evans excellent piece on Cars and Second Order Consequences, I thought an update was timely. Benedict explores the higher order consequences of a...
by Graham Palmer | Dec 11, 2016 | Electric vehicles, Mobility
EV penetration in Australia The Australian amateur astronomer Bob Evans has such an incredible knack for spotting minute changes in the night sky that he holds the record for visual discoveries of supernovae. There seems to be an evolutionary advantage to being able...
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