Few now doubt the realities of climate change and the economic consequences of ever-rising oil prices, but burning petrol can be a tough addiction to kick. Fortunately, battery powered electric vehicles offer a truly viable alternative to petrol powered vehicles for the vast majority of vehicles on Australian roads.
Let us show you how.

Cars and trucks: Although there are currently no production electric cars available in Australia, there are professional workshops around the country who will custom build one for. Details are listed on our links page.

Bikes and scooters: There are several brands currently available in Australia, such as the Vectrix, E-Max and SWEI. Please visit the links page for details.

Over the coming weeks, we will be streamlining our product range to remove many lines which have not been successful, or have been increasingly difficult to obtain. Discontinued items will be cleared at a 20% discount (in many cases below wholesale pricing!), but only while stocks last. If this creates problems for anyone depending on the discontinued products, we will do our best to point you towards an alternative supplier.

We will soon receive our first stock of LiFePO4 batteries from K2 Energy Systems. We tested the K2 cells back in January and found them to be among the best LiFePO4s on the market, so are pleased to be able to offer them to the Australian market.

ZEVA recently became a reseller for MES-DEA vacuum pumps, and our first shipment of stock has just arrived! We have one of these in our MX5 and have found them to be a terrific unit - European quality, very compact, relatively quiet, and with the convenience of a built-in vacuum switch.

"AUSTRALIA will have its first plug-in electric car by the end of next year. The baby Mitsubishi i MiEV has been confirmed for local sales, with a showroom target in the final months of 2009 and a starting price in the $30,000 range."

http://www.news.com.au/story/
0,23599,24070715-5007133,00.html

Google has had a plug-in vehicle program for over a year, and has now started investing in EV startup companies. I've been a longtime fan of Aptera, so it's great to see they're receiving some backing from a company like Google to help get their remarkable EV into production.

http://earth2tech.com/2008/07/23/
googleorg-invests-in-electric-car-startups/

A great speech by Al Gore discussing current problems caused by our use and dependence on carbon-based fuels, and ways we can overcome it. Highly recommended. (See also http://www.algore.org)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt9wZloG97U

"John McCain hopes to solve the country's energy crisis with cold hard cash. The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting is proposing a $300 million government prize to whomever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology..."

http://ap.google.com/article/
ALeqM5jfqkglGaJzMm-z8hIuFPKpCqLkwwD91FJE980

Last weekend the Power of DC EV AutoCross and Drag Race weekend was held in Maryland (US). The link below has several photo galleries from the event - an impressive turnout and some inspiring vehicles. Hopefully we'll be able to host something similar in Australia soon!

http://www.powerofdc.com/gallery.html

In this article from The Age newspaper, Andrew Heasley talks about Nissan's pledge to have plug-in, electric cars in showrooms by 2010 in the US and Japan, and globally by 2012. A good read.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/motors/
charging-into-the-future/2008/05/23/
1211654101908.html

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