Electric car sales are slumping

Far from increasing exponentially, the sales of electric cars in Australia and elsewhere in the world are flatlining or falling due to reduced government incentives and concerns about resale values and fires.

Humanising self-driving cars

Our uncritical engagement with AI is impacting the way we think, and dulling our senses, including our sense of direction. What all this means is our driving skills are likely to suffer as we become increasingly complacent in the face of technology.

5 steps towards electric transport

University of Queensland researchers have outlined 5 key steps would could accelerate Australia’s transition to electric vehicles.

Battery blues

Electric vehicles are slowly becoming more common on the nation’s roads, but ideologically appealing developments can easily produce more intractable problems than the technologies they replace.

Electric boogaloo

Australia has lagged behind other developed nations in transitioning from fossil fuels in energy and transport, but after a very slow start, electric vehicle sales and infrastructure are beginning to take off.

Questions remain over electric vehicles

The current excitement over electric vehicles looks like a classic case of putting the cart in front of the horse, and when there’s much excitement about the destination without knowing how to get there, it’s easy to end up on the wrong track.

Meet the electric Kombi

Southern Cross University has unveiled one of Australia’s most ambitious electric vehicle prototypes – a long-range converted Volkswagen Kombi.