Whilst Hyundai Australia’s AutoLink implementation leaves much to be desired for Ioniq and Kona owners, it’s at least something to control the car remotely. Our mates over in Europe get nothing! Not content to live without status monitoring on their Hyundai EVs, one enterprising German who goes by the name GPlay97 did something about it…
In the run-up to a federal election mid-year, the ALP have announced a range of policies to spur adoption of EVs in Australia – if they win the election. Let’s go through the announcement (page 9 in this PDF) and try rinse the political spin off their ideas. These EV policies are part of an…
A critical look at Hyundai’s AutoLink Premium remote control smartphone app on the Ioniq Electric. Whilst I’m glad it exists, AutoLink Premium needs some major updates to be EV friendly.
In this post I’ll go over why I decided to get a charger at home in the first place and why I chose the Zappi, then show you how it works and what it’s been like using it for the past few months. Hopefully it helps you decide if the Zappi is the right EV…
My Hyundai Ioniq Electric Elite arrived on the 28th of December 2018 and in the month of ownership, I’ve driven over 3,500km. As the first person many people know to own an electric car, I’ve been bombarded with questions about it. Now that I’m familiar with the car, here’s answers to the most common queries I’ve received!
On December 10th 2018, the Australian Parliament passed major changes to motor vehicle import laws that may result in more electric cars on our roads.
Good news for EV owners – JAX Tyres is partnering with EVolution to install EV chargers at 89 of its stores across Australia. The first site is now live at 98 Logan Road, Woolloongabba, in South Brisbane and more will be rolled out throughout 2019. The public JAX Charging network will be made up of…
Pricing and specs are finally available for the Hyundai Ioniq Electric (2 years after the rest of the world, but better late than never). If you’re wondering how the economics of owning Australia’s cheapest EV works out to owning Australia’s cheapest hybrid over a 5 year/150,000km period, Drive Zero is here to do the boring…
Will more CO2 come out of the tailpipe of a Hybrid or from an EV powered by Australia’s dirty power grid? The answer is unfortunately disappointing.
Hyundai is set to finally start selling the Ioniq Electric in Australia on December 10th, 2018. Drive Zero has received a scanned version of the brochure used to train sales staff at dealers planning to sell the Ioniq. It contains all the Australian relevant info you need that is currently lacking from Hyundai’s website. Download…
