September 2026

Electric vehicles overtaking petrol in Australian new-car sales is the dominant theme, with record monthly figures, a best-selling electric SUV topping the charts, the national battery-electric fleet passing half a million, and a fully electrified top ten in China. Rapid growth puts charging in focus, including pressure on an already stretched public network, new funding for kerbside and carpark chargers, and the role of word-of-mouth recommendations in where drivers choose to charge. Plug-in and balcony solar feature prominently, alongside renters' rights to portable energy devices, household electricity trading with batteries and AI, vehicle-to-grid trials, and community energy events. Panels from a major electrification event address women in clean tech, the cleantech jobs boom and electrified homes, while hands-on projects compile every EV model sold in Australia and build a charging map from open data. Other topics include petrol-versus-electric running costs, roadworthiness results for high-mileage EVs, microcars, electric vans in New Zealand, a vintage electric runabout, regional freight planning and criticism of a diesel bus route in Queensland.

Ausgrid – Community Power Networkarena.gov.au
Go Electric Canberra Residential Electrificationarena.gov.au
Intellihub – Street Light Pole EV Charger with Grid Integration Project – Milestone 4 Lessons Learnt Reportarena.gov.au
Intellihub – Street Light Pole EV Charger with Grid Integration Project – Blueprint for an EV-compatible …arena.gov.au
An EV sold every 100 seconds: Australian demand for electric cars more than doublestheguardian.com
Audi A6 e-tron drives 1,338km on one charge for a world recordevsandbeyond.co.nz
Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you thinktheverge.com
The Australian-first grid connection that could transform the rollout of EV fast-chargersthedriven.io
Electric switch slashes Australia’s energy use by 5pcafr.com
Tiny cars, big question: Is there a place for microcars in Australia?zuup.com.au
High-mileage EVs fail fewer roadworthiness tests, but the battery is not checkedevsandbeyond.co.nz
Zeekr confirms a world-first for Australiacarexpert.com.au
Councils and businesses get $16.5 million funding boost to install kerbside EV chargers, and in council and …thedriven.io
BYD adds its best selling EV to Australia’s biggest vehicle-to-grid trialthedriven.io
Unlocking the Potential of Electric Car Homes: Insights from the Everything Electric 2026 Panelelectricvehicle.life
Turning Cool Concepts into Careers - The Cleantech Jobs Boomelectricvehicle.life
The Future is Electric (and Female): Women Driving the Clean Tech Revolutionelectricvehicle.life
Vibe coding an EV charging map out of Australian open dataelectricvehicle.life
I Tried to Build a Complete List of Every Electric Car Sold in Australiaelectricvehicle.life
$100 at the servo: Petrol vs electricspaceship.com.au
Enabling Portable Energy Devices and a Renter’s Right to Plug Inrewiringaustralia.substack.com
Balcony solar could soon become legal in Australia. Here's how plug-in systems workabc.net.au
Plug-In Solar Systems in Australia: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospectssocialsciencesweek.org.au
Surge in electric car sales puts added strain on Australia’s stretched EV charging networkthedriven.io
Ford prices electric Transit City for New Zealand at $58,990evsandbeyond.co.nz
Australia Hits Half a Million Battery Electric Vehicles – And the Real Race Is Just Startingelectricvehiclecouncil.com.au
Why more Australians are ready to go electricsmh.com.au
China’s top ten cars in August: all electrifiedevsandbeyond.co.nz
91% of EV drivers would detour for chargers recommended through word of mouthelectricdrives.tv
Trends in electric carsiea.org
A 1960 electric runabout, the only one in NZ, heads to auction this weekendevsandbeyond.co.nz
A quarter-billion-dollar mistake? Queensland’s diesel bus route slammedsmh.com.au
Almost Anyone Can Make Money Selling Electricity With AI and Batteriesbloomberg.com
Freight, energy and regional sovereignty: planning infrastructure for the futurethefifthestate.com.au
Electric outsells petrol for the first time as Tesla Model Y tops chartsdrive.com.au
VFACTS August 2026: EVs outsell petrol, diesel and hybrid new vehicles in bumper monthcarexpert.com.au

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August 2026

August 2026 saw Australian EV sales more than double in the wake of the Iran war outbreak, underscoring how geopolitical fuel shocks continue to accelerate the shift away from petrol. Regional adoption features prominently, with Queensland's regions outpacing the south-east for EV growth and a new EV Friendly Towns Awards Program recognising communities embracing the transition. Coverage also turned practical, examining real-world running and maintenance costs for EV owners and framing public charging access as a fairness issue rather than a purely technical challenge. Policy and industry voices weighed in too, from Chris Bowen's National Press Club address on batteries and energy security to Polestar's case that sustainability is now a genuine sales driver. Rounding out the month, rising data centre power demand in NSW and Victoria and a new tool to help households plan their next step toward electrification highlight the deepening links between EVs, energy and the grid.

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