MG offers Aus & NZ hotels 3000 electric car chargers at minimal cost
Following the successful rollout of its regional charging infrastructure program earlier this year, MG Motor Australia and New Zealand have today announced that it is extending its Hotel ChargeHub Partner Program to major metropolitan centres across Australia.
Peter Ciao, CEO...
Your new electric car needs these 2 Accessories
If you've bought a new electric car you need these two accessories to give you proof of other driver bad behaviour and help you charge your car.
Type 2 to Type 2 Cable for Public AC Charging
When you're in a...
Belkin goes green with CES announcements focussed on increased use of PCR materials
In an announcement this morning, Belkin confirmed that this year's charging products will focus on greener technologies. The changes will be rolled out to charging products with housing materials to contain 73-75% post-consumer recycled plastics (PCR) and plastic-free packaging.
In...
Review: Powerpal reveals real time electricity use and offers helpful cost reduction tips
Powerpal is a small Australian invented gadget that reads the flashes on your electricity smart meter and translates these into easy to interpret graphs on a mobile app that show how much grid electricity your home is importing, as...
New Aussie Google Maps features: Better charging advice for Android Automotive, Indoor Live View...
Early on Thursday Paris time, Google announced that they're enabling indoor Live View at 1,000 new airports, train stations, and malls in Barcelona, Berlin, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Paris, Prague, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, and Taipei in the coming months.
In...
MG has a time saving tip for electric car recharging
If you buy an electric car you're mistaken if you think that refuelling it to 100% each time is the best thing to do.
That's because petrol or diesel flows out of a bowser into your car tank at the...
Laser PV1500 NRGVault portable power station Australian hands on testing
Australian consumer tech company Laser has a new range of portable power stations, and we got to test the biggest one, PV1500 for a few weeks.
Unboxing
This doesn't take long as there are only 3 things inside: The PV1500 unit,...
Samsung shares it’s vision for a calmer connected world at CES
With CES in Las Vegas underway, Samsung has shared its vision for a calmer connected world with more focus on sustainability at the heart of its vision. Highlighting how it continues to prioritise the environment through a combination of...
Epson says it’s inkjet piezo printers are much better for climate than laser printers
Epson Australia this week became the first Epson office in the world to announce that Epson globally has joined forces with National Geographic to promote the protection of the world’s permafrost – the frozen ground beneath the polar regions...
GWM launch of Ora Cat gives Aussies a retro styled electric car worth considering
Chinese electric car manufacturer GWM has announced Australian availability and pricing for their new Ora EV (known as the Funky Cat in UK).
As mentioned previously on Ausdroid, the Ora looks kind of like a Mini and while we've yet...
Second hand electric car importer Good Car wins $11 million extra funding
Electric car sales in Australia are taking off and each year there are more affordable models available to buy new direct from the manufacturer or dealer.
Still at the current lowest price of about $45000 driveaway, electric cars are still...
Belkin announces post-consumer recycled plastic products in Australia, leading the way in sustainable consumer...
Belkin, a renowned consumer electronics brand, has made a groundbreaking move towards sustainability by announcing the release of its first-ever product range made from at least 72% post-consumer recycled plastics (PCR). And the cherry on top? Australia is the...
Evie Networks grows electric car charging network to 100 locations
Just before Christmas Evie Networks opened its 100th electric car fast charging site in Toowoomba, QLD and confirmed it hopes to have 300 sites by the end of 2023 with a presence in every capital state and city.
This is...
Greenpeace reveals which Aussie telcos and data centres are switching to renewables fastest
Telecommunications giant Telstra has come out on top in a new report by Greenpeace Australia Pacific that reveals which Australian telcos, data centres and tech companies are ahead in the race to switch to clean energy.
The investigation found that...
Electric cars made in China dominate in Australia – watch out legacy carmakers
While attending yesterday's Australian launch event for Chinese car brand Chery, I was thinking about how only Chinese car brands MG (ZS EV, MG 4), BYD (Atto 3) and GWM (Ora Cat) have so far shown serious intent to...