Daily Archive: December 20, 2022

Sunswift 7 Seeks World Record in Australia

While the students from the University of New South Wales wait for the ratification of their recent Guinness World Record attempt for the fastest solar electric car over a distance of 1000 km (620 miles), let’s have a look at the background. The Sunswift 7 car was the culmination of thousands of hours of work […]

Queensland’s Progress Towards A 100% EV Fleet

Data from Energex and Ergon to September 2022, charted above and below, demonstrates progress being made in Queensland, Australia, towards electrification of the vehicle fleet. There are 11,839 BEVs, 3,042 PHEVs, and 1,084 electric motorcycles currently using Queensland’s roads — about 16,000 plugin vehicles in total. The trajectory of the uptake curve is unmistakably heading […]

Hyundai–Kia Suppliers Employing Kids … in USA

When I first saw the headline about children working throughout the Hyundai–Kia supply chain, I started wondering what 3rd world country this was referring to. Then I saw the end of the Reuters headline — Alabama! The highly esteemed United States of America! True, we don’t have public health care like most of the developed […]