Australia’s EV sales more than doubled in the first half of 2026. The Electric Vehicle Council’s tenth State of EVs report shows 157,957 new EVs sold, a 25.8% share of new-car sales by June and 196 models on offer. However, electric trucks, vans and several state governments still lag behind.
New UNSW research included in the NSW Net Zero Commission report estimates that current global warming levels of approximately 1.35°C have already caused median economic losses of around 18% for NSW residents, equating to roughly $21,300 less per person annually.
The research indicates that disruptions to global trade and supply chains, rather than local weather events such as bushfires or floods, are the primary driver of these economic losses.
Electric trucking in Australia offers significant cost and environmental advantages over diesel, which accounts for 20% of the nation’s transport emissions. Electric B-Double prime movers cost about 30 cents per kilometer for electricity, a third of diesel’s cost. New Energy Transport is pioneering a fully outsourced, low-carbon transport solution to reduce freight costs by 20% on routes like Sydney-to-Canberra and, eventually, Sydney-to-Melbourne.
BYD’s Blade Battery 2.0 is a game-changer, offering a million-kilometer lifespan and 1,000 km range. With “Flash Charging” adding 400 km in just five minutes, the traditional advantages of petrol engines have vanished. As BYD supplies this tech to Tesla and Toyota, the shift from internal combustion to ultra-durable, rapid-charging EVs has become inevitable.
At Everything Electric UK 2025, pushed as both car and house, the house energy was very subdued. Most of the show where new EVs into UK. From Hyundai, to BYD, Geely, GWM, and Zeckr there are Chinese cars gallore. Octipus had a range of dozens of cars to suit lease with free charging.
Deep-sea mineral mining is a proposed industry that aims to extract valuable minerals from the ocean floor. While it offers potential benefits for meeting the growing global demand for metals, it also poses significant environmental risk. The pros and cons are shown to provie little benefit to the supply of minerals but the money speaks. More destruction likelu
Fuel costs of large trucks suggest electric class 8 trucks would be economic. Turns out labour costs is the major item. Will humanoid robots or autonomous vehicles reduce operating cost so much that autonomous trucks take over trucking.
Global electric truck sales are growing with sales in 2024 over 90,000 units and a year-on-year growth rate of almost 80%. Surge is largely driven by China, where sales more than doubled between 2023 and 2024, accounting for over 80% of global sales. China leads the way, but other markets increase electric truck adoption. With Tesla Semi soon to be produced, trucks will surge.
Hydrogen will be an essential fuel for the zero emissions economy says Dr Andrew Forrest in an interview on Cleaning Up Eps 210. With a 80% reduction in size, and an increase in efficiency to 96%, green hydrogen ammonia will move ships and enable green steel.
How to provide cost of living help, electrify the grid, and reduce 40% of Australia’s emissions? In 12 months? The govt could step in and provide buy 2 million household batteries for 40GWh. Customers would repay $60 per month interest free through their electricity retailer.
Cost is less than existing programs and subsidies.
