20th July 2023 - Kimberley Electric Vehicle Chargers

  Horizon Power launch the first rapid electric vehicle charger in the Kimberley, which has been installed at Broome's Guwarri Town Beach. That station features a 150kW DC charger capable of providing battery electric vehicles 200km worth of charge in about 20 minutes, which is just enough time to stretch your legs, grab a bite from a food van and enjoy the wonderful views of Roebuck Bay.

There is also an 11kW AC charger suitable for vehicles with smaller batteries including plug-in hybrid vehicles with smaller batteries.

The Broome EV Charging Station will be a link in the WA Coastal EV Charging network. It will feature 49 stations and 92 chargers and will make it more convenient to travel emissions-free up and down the state from Eucla to Kununurra.

For more information, visit https://www.horizonpower.com.au/.../electrical-vehicle.../

6th July 2023 Plug-in hybrids once dominated EV sales. Now their market share is tanking

 https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-07-06/how-clean-are-plug-in-hybrid-electric-vehicles-phev/102555428

The age of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that can charge from a power point and fill up at the service station appears to be drawing to an end, at least in Australia.

The latest industry figures show EVs accounted for a record 9.4 per cent of new car sales in June, up from 1.7 per cent a year earlier.

A diminishing fraction of these EVs are plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), which switch to burning petrol or diesel when their battery's charge is nearly depleted.

PHEVs once dominated EV sales, but are now being rapidly displaced by fully battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

So, what killed the PHEV?

The answer to this question wades into a long-running debate that's shaping the types of cars available in Australia, and how much they cost.

The rise and fall of the plug-in hybrid

When they arrived in Australia about 10 years ago, PHEVs were marketed as a cleaner form of an internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV).

They also side-stepped some of the perceived problems with BEVs, such as driving range and charging infrastructure.

• Plug-in hybrids once dominated EV sales, but have now slipped to 6 per cent of the total
• A series of studies has shown they're not as clean as previously thought
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