Another Christmas beckons and – who knows, you may get an electric bike, scooter, skateboard or even an electric car this time.
Certainly, you could put your Christmas money down on the first Mercedes-Benz all-electric EQC due in showrooms in January.
We attended its Australasian launch in Melbourne and gave it the thumbs up after our road test.
Or you may wish to slip this magazine in someone’s Christmas stocking as it includes an early Christmas present in the form of extra range for Jaguar I-Pace drivers.
The path to driverless vehicles may not be all that smooth, an Adelaide survey suggests.
Tesla’s Cybertruck ute launch attracted plenty of interest and got close to 300,000 orders – including some from Australia, one customer here planning to rent his out.
EVs are having little impact yet on Australia’s transport emissions. Our greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide are climbing, partly blamed on the continuing demand for heavier cars.
Australia still doesn’t have vehicle emission standards or mandatory fuel efficiency requirements – unlike most developed countries.
However, sales of electric vehicles and hybrids continue to rise while petrol and diesel fall out of favour in our latest review of new vehicle sales.
And you can see what our Kiwi cousins are doing in the electric vehicle and e-mobility fields in the ‘Across the Ditch’ section.
It all provides some food for thought for Christmas.
Speaking of which, have a great Christmas.
You can look forward to 2020 being the Year of the EV, as some are calling it.
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