“In China, #BYD has a manufacturing line dedicated to producing right-hand drive vehicles for #Australia and #NewZealand that is capable of constructing a vehicle in 52 seconds,” — #StephenCollins (BYD Australia’s CEO)

“It said China’s fleet of EVs displaced the use of 1 million barrels of #oil a day last year and is set to displace 2.7 million barrels a day by 2030, with a further million barrels to be displaced by #ElectricTrucks by 2035.”

#EV / #electric / #cars / #Straya / #transport <https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/an-enormous-ship-docked-in-melbourne-today-its-cargo-could-permanently-change-australian-motoring-20260531-p602f6.html> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/6yCMH>

An enormous ship docked in Melbourne today. Its cargo could permanently change Australian motoring

In a major flex of Chinese industrial muscle, a company has used its own purpose-built ship to respond to rampant demand from Australian consumers.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Maybe, Just Maybe, The US Army Wants EVs After All

The US Army has been slow to adopt EVs, but the combination of range extender hybrids and robotic applications could provide an opening.

CleanTechnica
Maybe, Just Maybe, The US Army Wants EVs After All

The US Army has been slow to adopt EVs, but the combination of range extender hybrids and robotic applications could provide an opening.

CleanTechnica