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Australia's EV BOOM: Affordable Cars, V2G & Why the UK is Jealous | Everything Electric Podcast

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jack and Robert are on the ground at Everything Electric Melbourne, sharing their first-hand impressions of Australia's rapidly accelerating shift to electric vehicles and clean energy. It's a super informal chat live on stage about what's happening down under—and why the progress here is giving Robert plenty of reasons to feel just a *little* jealous!
They dive into: Catching Up Fast– Australia may have started its EV journey later than some countries, but it's now picking up speed fast, with cities like Brisbane leading the charge.
 
The Affordability Advantage – Australian buyers skipped the early, overpriced EV era. With models like the BYD Atto 3 and Dolphin arriving at genuinely affordable prices, the market is changing quicker than many expected. 
 
Solar Superpower & V2G Potential*– With world-leading rooftop solar, running an EV in Australia is already incredibly cheap. And with vehicle-to-grid technology emerging, your future car might not just drive you—it could pay you. 
 
EV Market Plateau & Persistent FUD – Why is national EV market share seemingly stuck around 10–11%? They discuss the influence of oil-backed pressure campaigns, myths about charging and batteries, and how media narratives slow adoption. 
 
The Next Big Policy Debate– How should governments replace fuel tax revenue as EVs become the norm? And what lessons could Australia take from Norway's wildly successful tax incentives? 0:00 - Introduction from Everything Electric Melbourne 
1:01 - An enjoyable show (squeaky bum time!) 
2:03 - Observations on the Australian EV Transition 
4:19 - Why Australia is moving quickly: Affordability 
5:19 - The Solar Advantage & Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) 
8:50 - Jack's Verdict on Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) 
10:33 - Q&A Begins 
14:09 - Why is the EV market stuck at 10-11%? 
16:16 - The importance of the Used EV Market 
26:57 - The Mileage Charge/Fuel Tax Problem 
31:38 - Weighing up a Weight Tax for Cars
 
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0:00.0

Good morning, ladies, gentlemen. And listeners at home, we are recording this wonderful

0:10.8

Everything Electric podcast at the Everything Electric Melbourne event. And it's a lovely day,

0:17.4

and there's lots of people here, and there's lots of cars, and there's thousands of test drives taking place as we speak and I think all in all for a

0:26.5

first show in a new location in a new city that we've never done anything in before

0:31.5

I'm not that depressed so it's come off all right hasn't it it it's been pretty amazing i know because they are the first

0:40.3

shows or you know the first show we did in sydney it looked okay but it was i know what was going on

0:46.2

behind the scenes there was a lot of what is that when the ducks do paddling or something you know

0:50.3

it's a lot of anxiety and worry and it's really the term in football squeaky bum time. It was definitely major squeaky bum time the day before the first Sydney show. And then everyone came, it was fine. Yeah, yes, it's not about the public, it's often about the motor vehicles. But we won't go into any details on that. Indeed, it's been a really enjoyable show. We've had a lovely time. We hope that you have as well. This is going to be very informal, which will not come as a surprise to you if you know much about my and Bobby's style of presenting. But we thought we'd just have a little chat, share some thoughts about what we've observed here in Australia with regard to the EV transition, the state of affairs here. And we might do a little Q&A at the end if that's a big interest. You can ask anything you like. Yes. Don't ask when Reddwarf is coming back. Because every time someone asks, it goes back by one year. So I swear to God, don't do it. Currently, it's 2098. Our three free YouTube channels on EVs and Clean Energy Tech are funded by our fun-packed test drive-tastic events in the North, West and Greater London, and our events down under.

1:52.0

Next up, Everything Electric, Sydney, 26.

1:55.0

Plus, check out Everythingelectric.store for merch and much more.

2:00.0

Back to the episode. Roberts, what have you observed?

2:04.1

Because the fascinating thing about getting to do these shows in different parts of the world is we get to observe how this EV transition happens in a different way in different places.

2:14.5

So what are your thoughts on where Australia is at? Because they started late,

2:18.9

but they sure are making up for lost time, aren't they? I mean, I think the big change that

2:23.1

I've observed, say, like from six or seven years ago, when there were really, there were a lot

2:28.9

of Tesla's in Australia. That was very common. There was a supercharger network. That was,

2:33.2

you know, well established. That's grown, you know, a supercharger network. That was well established.

2:34.7

That's grown, you know, noticeably since I've been coming here. So I'm a regular visit.

2:39.8

For those of you don't know, I'm a regular visitor to Australia because I'm married to an Australian.

2:44.0

And that has enormous benefits and no drawbacks whatsoever. It's absolutely wonderful. And she not here today so I get so you can get

2:52.3

away of saying that yeah but but you know I noticed there were a few Nissan

2:58.1

Leafs and there were Teslas and that was very and then I obviously we couldn't

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