Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Last Updated on: 30th August 2025, 01:12 am Three months ago, Great Wall Motors added the Cannon Alpha to the PHEV ute surge. We took one for a drive, and I wondered how it would be received. Would it be as successful in Australia’s ute-driving … Continue reading “Livin’ & Drivin’ with the Cannon Alpha PHEV Ute”
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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I have been meeting Brian O’Neill at our “Coffee, Cake and EV” mornings for the past couple of years, and recently our conversations have centred on his quest to solve reduced range problems with his 2018 Hyundai Ioniq EV. … Continue reading “Australian Engineer Solves 2018 Hyundai Ioniq’s Reduced Range Problem”
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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Allan has recently retired from his position as the Chief Information Officer at Isuzu Ute Australia. He knows about motor vehicles and he is dead set on value for money. He is in the market for an electric vehicle, … Continue reading “Shopping for Value in the Electric Car Market”
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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Although there are some who object to plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), preferring to go the full BEV route, I believe that PHEVs still have a place in the electric vehicle ecosystem. This is ably demonstrated by Garry’s experience … Continue reading “3 Months with the BYD Sea Lion 06 PHEV”
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I don’t claim to know much about Australia, and the little I do may or may not come from Crocodile Dundee. But I do know EVs, and it looks like the hundreds of rugged UBCOs that are set to become mail-delivery vehicles down under are uniquely appropriate for the diverse conditions facing the country’s mail-delivery … Continue reading “The wild electric vehicles Australia is now using to deliver mail”
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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Why would a retired Rolls-Royce executive buy an electric Lexus? My curiosity made that the most pressing question I had for George at our recent coffee morning interview. Rolls-Royce is owned by BMW. Why not an electric Beemer? The … Continue reading “From Rolls-Royce to Lexus EV”
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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! We want to dispel some FUD and have a lot of fun at the same time. Colin Stiff recently told me how he towed his teardrop caravan from Yeppoon to Sydney for an early “surprise” viewing of the Tesla … Continue reading “Cybertruck Tripping in Australia”
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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! By Kurt Conway, as told to David Waterworth (with any further notes from me in italics). Continuing our series of owner reviews. You can read about my own impressions of the BYD Dolphin here. Kurt tells me: I have … Continue reading “6 Months with a BYD Dolphin Premium”