Useful Resources
Here’s just a quick list of information I’ve found useful over the years for building up my knowledge of the EV industry worldwide and locally.
Shameless plug for my tech newsletter The Sizzle. It’s my full time job, 1200 people pay me $5/m to read it. It’s not EV specific but I do write about EVs regularly as I obviously have a penchant for the batteries on wheels.
PlugShare is the de-facto database of charger locations in Australia. I dislike the fact that they require an expensive licence to commercially use the data that they got for free from the community (Open Charge Map is properly free!), but it is what it is.
ARENA’s Knowledge Bank has loads of info about previous EV charging projects they’ve funded. A requirement of their funding is that the recipients of their money have to produce a “lessons learnt” document during and after the project. Read them all.
World Electric Vehicle Journal and Energy Policy are constantly publishing useful research papers on all aspects of electric vehicles, including charging. They get a bit dense, but the knowledge is invaluable, particularly if you need evidence to back up or rule out your assumptions.
I mentioned this earlier, but Schneider’s Electrical Installation Guide is well worth a read so when you’re talking with electricians you don’t sound like an idiot. They’ll appreciate that you understand basic terminology and electrical products.
Electric Vehicle Council’s reports and in particular the annual “State of Electric Vehicles” are great summaries of where the industry is at locally. Their CEO, Behyad Jafari, is a good Twitter follow. If there’s something EV happening in Australia, he’s aware of it.
Blogs:
- The Driven - the main website for EV news in Australia, I dare say the only one. Quality is low, but they cover almost everything you need to know.
- EV Central - covers any important EV releases, major EV related happenings in Australia, but more of a car dude style outlet than EV/business.
- Electrive - covers lots of niche EV news from around the world, not the fastest to report, but accurate and not sensationalist.
YouTube Channels:
- Bjorn Nyland - very popular with EV enthusiasts, Norwegian guy that reviews the new cars, interviews to industry people, tests public charging units.
- Ludicrous Feed - kinda like Bjorn, but Australian.
- Fully Charged Show - high production value channel that reviews a lot of cars, but also discusses EV topics
- Open Charge Alliance - not updated regularly, but their webinars are super useful to learn how the software side works