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"The second annual Supercharge Australia Innovation Challenge has chosen 12
local start-ups that boast potential solutions that could accelerate the
transition of Australia’s car fleet to fully electric vehicles (EVs) through a
mass retrofit of the existing fleet.
The aim of the program is to deploy up to 1.3TWh of batteries that would
convert half the Australian vehicle fleet to EVs, equivalent to over 10 million
vehicles. These include councils and corporate fleets, marine vessels, mining
haul trucks, and buses for public transport and private fleets.
The challenge is run as a partnership between EnergyLab and New Energy Nexus
and is designed to support start-ups in developing solutions capable of
deploying the batteries needed to electrify half the country’s vehicle fleet –
a number that would require up to approximately 600GWh of heavy truck and bus
batteries, 25GWh for mining applications, 400GWh for light trucks and
commercial vehicles, and 260GWh for passenger vehicles.
“This is the first innovation challenge of its type in Australia to focus on
mass EV retrofitting vehicles,” said Kirk McDonald, project manager for
Supercharge Australia.
“With the incredible increase in battery demand this would generate, we aim to
change the conversation on the viability of battery and cell manufacturing in
Australia, taking advantage of our huge competitive advantage in the lithium
battery supply chain.”"
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
