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Albo’s new funding for transition; electric trucks; electric ferries; Boomerang Labs (thefifthestate.com.au)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/environment@aussie.zone
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[–] 3 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

What kind or electric trucks? Pretty much no one is making them currently in decent numbers. And why concentrate on transport? Fix generation first. Australian EV are mostly running on coal these days.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 7 months ago

    I suppose thats the problem with these kind of current event round-ups, a trade-off of less details for more categories. I see these three quotes that are probably the most relevent parts of the article.

    John Grimes chimed in at the celebration, saying China had sold more electric trucks in one year in 2025 compared to Australia’s entire diesel fleet

    The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is flagging a $25.3 million in funding for electric truck charging provider NewVolt to deliver three open-access, fast-charging hubs. The hubs will be for medium to heavy electric trucks and built along major freight corridors

    New Energy Transport, which operates a fleet of fully electric trucks powered by wholesale renewable energy

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