It has been a very newsy month down under. The most important item has to be that Australian plug-in electric vehicle sales in February have once again exceeded 10% — the last time wasin Australia in February 2024, 10,111 were battery electrics, 976 were plug-in hybrid SUVs, and 58 were PHEV passenger cars, for a penetration rate of 10.6% in the Australian plug-in market.
Let’s get out of the political mud and look at those great stats for February Australian plug-in vehicle sales. First, a pinch of reality:, and EVs only achieved a market penetration of 5%. Some have suggested we should average January and February numbers and declare that there was really only about 8% penetration a month across the two months. That’s a wet blanket approach.
In NZ, a replacement petrol tank was stored in front of the EV chargers at a national park. Photo courtesy of Darren Dempsey.Regarding the Polestar 2: “Can ya put a Roo bar on it and how far will it go towing a tandem axel trailer loaded? 150km lol.” For our non-Australian readers, a roo bar protects the front of the car from damage if you hit a kangaroo while driving outside metropolitan areas.
A response: “We did that a couple of weeks ago with the Melbourne storm power outage. I used the higher capacity outdoor extension lead. No concerns about weather as it was just out a window in to our carport and the V2L. Ran the fridge, lights, radio, device charging. No internet as the outage was so extensive that Telstra NBN and even mobile internet connections were down. Just goes to show how truly critical good power services are, for a lot more than mere EV charging.