At the Australasian Fleet Managers Association conference this year, success with electrifying fleets took front stage. Nowhere was this success more on show than from cases studies presented by NSW Government departments. Charlotte Rasmussen, project manager for vehicle innovation with Transport for New South Wales, said her department would have 46 EVs in the fleet […]
Author: Caroline Falls
Podcast: CEO Tim Washington Part 2 – CaaS
Tim Washington, co-founder and CEO of EV charging provider JET Charge, joins Fleet News Group podcast host Caroline Falls again, to talk about trials and pet projects for the antipodean fleet audience. In part 1, aired on Monday May 6, they talked, among other things, about why Australia is set to buck trends of the […]
Electric trucks from loads of rubbish
Jitesh Singh, winner of the 2023 Fleet Manager of the Year Award by AfMA, the Australasian Fleet Management Association, talked at this year’s IPWEA Fleet Conference about the incredible transformation to electrify trucks and cars for Waste Management NZ, now known simply as WM in New Zealand. “We’ve collected waste, we’ve turned it into a […]
Podcast – Carly’s Chris Noone explains why subscription works for EVs
For Fleet News Group’s first podcast for 2024, host Caroline Falls talks with Chris Noone, CEO of car subscription provider Carly. “If we take a hypothetical example a fleet manager may own or lease 100 vehicles, but at certain points of the year, they might might need 120 vehicles or they could be subscription vehicles. […]
Cadillac EV to hit the roads in 2024
Jess Bala, General Motors new managing director for Australia and New Zealand talks with Fleet News Group podcast host Caroline Falls about the US car company’s plans to bring the Cadillac brand down under, starting with the electric powered luxury SUV Lyriq in 2024. “The Cadillac brand, globally is going through a very big transformation […]
Drive Electric NZ’s E-Mobility report sees fleet as crucial
“Our utes, vans and trucks tend to be higher-emitting, and driven much more regularly, so addressing adoption barriers for these vehicles will be crucial in the coming years,” is among the opening lines in the 78-page Drive Electric State of the Nation e-Mobility in New Zealand 2023 report. “Low availability and high costs of suitable […]
Webfleet’s ANZ chief talks about local EV drive
Johnny Clarke, Australian-based CEO of Europe’s biggest telematics group — the Bridgestone-held Webfleet, talked about the changing local EV landscape and lessons available from the northern hemisphere where adoption of low-emissions vehicle is ahead of Australia. “We’ve got that ability to take learnings from Europe and elsewhere and implement that into our knowledge sharing in […]
Resilience launches EVgle solar charger at eMobility Live
Resilience Design and Build launched its prototype for an off-grid charging station with its own awning at the eMobility Live expo at the Sydney International and Convention Centre in October. The station is called the EVgle — a play on the word eagle — as its foldable awning when fully splayed looks like the outstretched […]
Interview with Lex Forsyth, CEO at Janus Electric
Lex Forsyth, CEO and co-founder of Janus Electric, an Australian startup that converts diesel engine prime movers to battery electric, talks about the future of transport and swappable batteries for trucks in this edition of the Fleet News Group podcast. Janus Electric was founded in 2020 when co-founders Lex Forsyth and Bevan Dooley tested an […]
Podcast with EV battery recycler
In this Fleet News Group podcast, host Caroline Falls talks with Dickson Leow, General Manager at infinitev, which saves spent electric vehicle batteries from landfill. The interview was just a day after Leow presented at the inaugural Australian Battery Recycling and Manufacturing Summit where he had the opportunity to talk about what infinitev are doing. “Essentially Infinitev […]
