Australia’s first electric motorbike prepares for launch
An ex-Ford engineer has developed Australia’s first electric motorbike, which will begin production in Melbourne next year.
Tag: electric vehicle
Brisbane Metro: an innovative, all-electric transport solution
Upgrading Brisbane’s system of busways has involved more than new vehicles or new lanes. The city’s metro project is an ...
Engineers are working on wireless charging for electric vehicles
Inspired by the technologies used in NASA’s deep space missions, engineers have pioneered a capacitive wireless charging method that could ...
Policy change will supercharge Australia’s highways
While electric vehicle sales in Australia are increasing, the rates are much lower compared with other countries and a change ...
Electric boats can generate energy for the grid on remote islands
Floating photovoltaic cells could become a power source for remote islands, thanks to technology developed by Australian engineers.
Is the best way to beat congestion to tax it?
Congestion taxes are a controversial way to bust congestion in cities. One engineer explains the idea and debates the merits ...
New battery cracks the ‘range anxiety’ problem of electric cars
Engineers have developed a battery that provides enough charge in just 10 minutes to drive an electric vehicle from Sydney ...
When can we expect autonomous taxis to take over our roads?
Give or take a year or two, 2022 should be the year that autonomous vehicle (AV) taxis become sufficiently functional ...
Can Australia capitalise on the global shift towards electric vehicles?
The automotive industry is undergoing unprecedented change as the world shifts from the internal combustion engine to an electrified future. ...
Electric cars could offer more than just transport – like serving as easy energy storage
Electric cars hold the potential to not only form the future of transport — they could also play their part ...
