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What should have been compared in Jason Om’s “comparison” article:
- the cost of charging an EV at home, with and without solar panels, compared to the cost of refuelling at current petrol, and diesel, prices
- the convenience of starting your day with a car fully charged when you’re charger at home
- the convenience of some charging stations being closer to places you’d like to visit in towns
- a general comparison of EV charging locations to petrol station locations (not just a Sydney centric interview with a state minister, lamely attempting to criticise their charging infrastructure roll-out policy)
- the difference in cost of fast charging and slow charging when out and about - including reference to the free charging that’s sometimes available
- how long does it actually take to refuel a car (not just a throw away “2 minutes”) - factoring queues at the counter, queues getting in to the petrol station forecourt, etc -
What should have been compared in Jason Om’s “comparison” article:
- the cost of charging an EV at home, with and without solar panels, compared to the cost of refuelling at current petrol, and diesel, prices
- the convenience of starting your day with a car fully charged when you’re charger at home
- the convenience of some charging stations being closer to places you’d like to visit in towns
- a general comparison of EV charging locations to petrol station locations (not just a Sydney centric interview with a state minister, lamely attempting to criticise their charging infrastructure roll-out policy)
- the difference in cost of fast charging and slow charging when out and about - including reference to the free charging that’s sometimes available
- how long does it actually take to refuel a car (not just a throw away “2 minutes”) - factoring queues at the counter, queues getting in to the petrol station forecourt, etc -
I have a lot of respect for ABC News (Australia) reporter Jason Om. But this piece comparing cost and time for EV ownership was a pretty poor attempt at “actual” comparison.
The “cost” comparison was really just some lady interviewed at a charging location on the Hume, saying it cost me about $20. And a mention later of his own charging cost on a roadtrip.
The time to charge comparison was based entirely on his own peak usage, first-time experience. He factored in 10 minutes to download an app, which is a once off task only. He also charged to 100%, and says that took an hour, without breaking down the time it would have taken to charge to just 80% or 90% - which, for road trips, is recommended to avoid hogging chargers and wasting your own time.
The EV journalist he interviewed on the road trip made the point that most charging is done at home. But nowhere in his conclusion did that rate a mention.
Words in his article like “pushed the EV to its limit” … by driving just 130kms? lol. He was in a recent model Polestar, not a 2011 Nissan Leaf. The range of the Polestar, at that state of charge, was far greater than 130km.
Charging on his roadtrip cost him $35 for 54% of the battery? What kWh rate was that?? It sounds enormously expensive to me. My last fast charge from 17% to 100% (that’s 83% of my Tesla Model 3 battery) cost $32. So either his Polestar battery is super long range, or he paid a high premium at the charger.
Why oh why do “main stream media” reporters do such an average job of objective comparison when it comes to the take-up of EV’s?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-20/electric-vehicles-money-versus-time-charging-network
#electrifyaustralia #electric #electricvehcile #ev #evcharging
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I have a lot of respect for ABC News (Australia) reporter Jason Om. But this piece comparing cost and time for EV ownership was a pretty poor attempt at “actual” comparison.
The “cost” comparison was really just some lady interviewed at a charging location on the Hume, saying it cost me about $20. And a mention later of his own charging cost on a roadtrip.
The time to charge comparison was based entirely on his own peak usage, first-time experience. He factored in 10 minutes to download an app, which is a once off task only. He also charged to 100%, and says that took an hour, without breaking down the time it would have taken to charge to just 80% or 90% - which, for road trips, is recommended to avoid hogging chargers and wasting your own time.
The EV journalist he interviewed on the road trip made the point that most charging is done at home. But nowhere in his conclusion did that rate a mention.
Words in his article like “pushed the EV to its limit” … by driving just 130kms? lol. He was in a recent model Polestar, not a 2011 Nissan Leaf. The range of the Polestar, at that state of charge, was far greater than 130km.
Charging on his roadtrip cost him $35 for 54% of the battery? What kWh rate was that?? It sounds enormously expensive to me. My last fast charge from 17% to 100% (that’s 83% of my Tesla Model 3 battery) cost $32. So either his Polestar battery is super long range, or he paid a high premium at the charger.
Why oh why do “main stream media” reporters do such an average job of objective comparison when it comes to the take-up of EV’s?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-20/electric-vehicles-money-versus-time-charging-network
#electrifyaustralia #electric #electricvehcile #ev #evcharging
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A trial that started years ago says the costs are too high because the charging infrastructure doesn’t exist in the same way as refueling infrastructure exists.
Honest, comparative reporting would include that key piece of information in the headline. The headline would also use the past tense in the word “found” instead of “finds”
Charging infrastructure for cars is growing rapidly. The same will need to occur for viability in the trucking industry, particularly for remote / bespoke transport routes like the logging industry.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-02/electric-truck-trial-finds-not-cost-effective/106516084
#RoadTransportIndustry #RenewableElectricity #ElectrifyAustralia #EV
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A trial that started years ago says the costs are too high because the charging infrastructure doesn’t exist in the same way as refueling infrastructure exists.
Honest, comparative reporting would include that key piece of information in the headline. The headline would also use the past tense in the word “found” instead of “finds”
Charging infrastructure for cars is growing rapidly. The same will need to occur for viability in the trucking industry, particularly for remote / bespoke transport routes like the logging industry.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-02/electric-truck-trial-finds-not-cost-effective/106516084
#RoadTransportIndustry #RenewableElectricity #ElectrifyAustralia #EV
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On the EV forums I noticed a strange thing last week. A lot of sympathy driven posts along the lines of “don’t promote EV’s in the context of the fuel supply issues - it is not helpful, it will only annoy non EV people”
I don’t agree with the sentiment. Everything is political now days, particularly a war started by Trump and Netanyahu over a dispute in a country half a world away. It should not be considered rude, impolite, or insensitive to talk about these topics. Particularly on a forum dedicated to such topics.
It only took a couple of weeks, but finally an article has been published to a somewhat mainstream news source on this here in Australia. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/16/electric-vehicles-australia-reduce-reliance-on-foreign-fuel
If you have the means, and are considering a new car purchase, please think about how a battery-powered EV would a) reduce your “fuel” costs dramatically, b) reduce the servicing costs dramatically, and c) remove you from the cost fluctuations associated to both regular, and wartime, oil reliance
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On the EV forums I noticed a strange thing last week. A lot of sympathy driven posts along the lines of “don’t promote EV’s in the context of the fuel supply issues - it is not helpful, it will only annoy non EV people”
I don’t agree with the sentiment. Everything is political now days, particularly a war started by Trump and Netanyahu over a dispute in a country half a world away. It should not be considered rude, impolite, or insensitive to talk about these topics. Particularly on a forum dedicated to such topics.
It only took a couple of weeks, but finally an article has been published to a somewhat mainstream news source on this here in Australia. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/16/electric-vehicles-australia-reduce-reliance-on-foreign-fuel
If you have the means, and are considering a new car purchase, please think about how a battery-powered EV would a) reduce your “fuel” costs dramatically, b) reduce the servicing costs dramatically, and c) remove you from the cost fluctuations associated to both regular, and wartime, oil reliance
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“You can’t interrupt the flow of wind and solar, but you can interrupt the flow of fossil fuels.” #ElectrifyAustralia
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“You can’t interrupt the flow of wind and solar, but you can interrupt the flow of fossil fuels.” #ElectrifyAustralia