50 Years in the Making?! Australia's EV Boom!
Everything Electric Podcast
The Fully Charged Show
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Robert Llewellyn chats with James Pickering, National President of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association (AEVA), diving into the incredible rise of electric vehicles and renewable energy "down under."
From witnessing the Solar Challenge 30 years ago to becoming a lifelong EV advocate, James shares his journey and insights into how Australia has gone from limited EV options to a market bursting with diversity—from everyday BYDs and MGs to luxury EVs like Rolls-Royce.
Together they discuss:
🔋The World's Oldest EV Association: How AEVA, founded in 1973 during the oil crises, paved the way for fuel security and innovation.
🔋 The Second-Hand EV Boom: Why buying a used EV in Australia is easier than you think—and why "battery anxiety" is mostly a myth.
🔋 Charging Infrastructure Realities: The truth behind charging queues and how the network has doubled in size in the last year.
🔋 Solar Opportunity: How rooftop solar lets some Australians charge their EVs for free—or even earn money doing it.
🔋Clever Charging Solutions: From gully chargers and swing arms to converting street poles—creative solutions for drivers without driveways.
🔋The DIY Legacy: How AEVA members continue the tradition of converting classic cars to electric
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of the Everything Electric podcast coming to you from Australia, |
| 0:15.9 | where things are changing and it's a very interesting world that is evolving in the Australian, |
| 0:23.7 | particularly in the electric vehicle and renewable energy arena, which is something I've mentioned many times, |
| 0:29.5 | but it is exceptional and very exciting. |
| 0:32.0 | So today we are talking about how electric vehicles are developing and growing in popularity in Australia |
| 0:38.7 | and how the difficulties that, you know, people are facing, adopting a different technology |
| 0:46.3 | are being dealt with and supported by the AEVA, the Australian Electric Vehicle Association. |
| 0:52.9 | Some interesting things I learned about it during this discussion. |
| 0:57.2 | Really interesting. |
| 0:57.9 | So I'll be talking to James Pickering, who is the national president of Aiva. |
| 1:04.2 | I'm not very good at saying Ava. |
| 1:07.2 | And a long-time electric vehicle user and in fact a long-time Patreon supporter of the fully charged show slash everything electric, which is very nice to hear. |
| 1:18.3 | I did not know that before we started chatting. |
| 1:21.3 | So I think we cover a very wide range of topics in this. |
| 1:26.0 | I really hope you enjoy it. |
| 1:27.5 | As always, please do subscribe to this channel. |
| 1:31.5 | And we've got some very exciting shows coming up |
| 1:36.0 | that we've already recorded |
| 1:37.6 | and some really exciting ones in the cooking pot. |
| 1:41.8 | And please tell your friends about it. |
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