The Driven

The Driven

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  • 56 minutes 47 seconds
    EV conversions, and the new models for 2025
    We review the past year, look to the interesting arrivals in 2025, contemplate the Tesla conundrum, and talk to EV conversion specialist Nick Cummins from ElectroGusto.
    17 December 2024, 12:00 am
  • 32 minutes 32 seconds
    How much will you pay for EV fast-charging?
    A trial of EV charging tariffs, including a low priced "solar soak" produced some interests results, and an insight into ICE-ing habits. Miles Menegon from Chargefox explains.
    12 December 2024, 12:00 am
  • 36 minutes 30 seconds
    Are Australian buses ready to go electric?
    One of the world’s biggest makers of electric buses has plans for Australia. We talk to Kent Chang of Yutong. Plus: The shift to V2G and Tesla’s sales slump.
    14 November 2024, 12:00 am
  • 27 minutes 28 seconds
    The Chinese electric trucks are coming
    Windrose, a newly emerging maker of electric heavy trucks, has just completed a road trip from Melbourne to Sydney and has its eyes on the Australian market. Advisor Jason Roycht explains why it might not just be Chinese EVs on our roads.
    29 October 2024, 12:49 am
  • 35 minutes 56 seconds
    Polestar's big play on electric SUVs
    We take a drive in the new Polestar 3, and talk to the company's Australia boss Scott Maynard about the EV industry and the rollout of the company's new models.
    26 September 2024, 4:15 am
  • 31 minutes 8 seconds
    How Smart is an EV?
    Smart delivers its first EVs into Australian market and we talk to chief designer Kai Sieber. Plus: Stagnating EV sales, do we blame the Elon effect, FUD, or cost of living?
    5 September 2024, 2:48 am
  • 37 minutes 1 second
    The case for electric vans
    Another electric van is about to enter Australia's nascent market, but they are already hugely popular in Europe. Here's why.
    13 August 2024, 11:00 pm
  • 33 minutes 11 seconds
    How to charge EVs in apartment buildings
    More than 2.6 million people live in apartment buildings. What if they want to buy an EV and charge it? Jeff Sykes from Solar Choice explains.
    24 July 2024, 3:47 am
  • 30 minutes 18 seconds
    How EVs can keep the lights on
    Bjorn Sturmberg from ANU on a landmark event where Nissan Leaf EVs in Canberra proved they could help stabilise the grid when a giant coal plant went out of action.
    9 July 2024, 2:06 am
  • 40 minutes 47 seconds
    Thinking big about going electric
    Danny Kennedy from New Energy Nexus on plans to turn the Australian truck fleet electric, and keeping up with US.
    23 May 2024, 12:56 pm
  • 34 minutes 36 seconds
    EVs will tow your caravan, or your boat, all around Australia
    Sarah White and Shane Parker have towed their caravan with both a Tesla Model 3 (around Australia), and their BYD Atto 3. They even shared the news with Scotty from Marketing.
    30 April 2024, 12:06 am
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