The Aussie Tesla: Start-up plans to build electric cars in Australia
By administrator | 18 April 2018
The future of cars is electric - but why is Australia so slow on the uptake?
Globally, electric car sales are expected to grow around 40 per cent year-on-year, hitting 1.5 million sales in 2018 alone.
Yet, Australia lags behind other nations, with only about 4000 electric cars currently on our roads.
A small Australian company is now looking to change this, with an Australian-made electric vehicle.
The Aussie EV
There are currently no Australian-made battery-powered car makers manufacturing in Australia, but ACE Electric Vehicles plans to change that.
The company, which started as GetGreen – an energy management company – before evolving into solar farm development and branching out into electric cars, says it wants to bring manufacturing back to Australia, specifically regional Queensland.
"We are proud to be launching our first range of Australian electric vehicles," ACE Electric Vehicles managing director Greg McGarvie said.
"This is now a realistic proposition since our agreements on a new patented manufacturing process for electric vehicles." Read more
Cole Latimer - Brisbane Times - 16 Apr 2018
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