My initiatives and engagements in the transport sector fall broadly into the following categories.

Vehicle-to-grid

I have a leading role in the largest demonstrations of vehicle-to-grid technology in Australia, together with one of the most holistic studies of how the technology may mature from its current niche to normality.

All V2G posts are here.

Policy

My contributions to transport sector planning tend to focus on the grid integration of electric vehicles (of all varieties).

All Policy posts are here.

Solar car

I’m the Academic Champion of the ANU Solar Car team.

All Solar car posts are here.

Latest posts

• Five opportunities for the Government to get EV policy right
  ‘Curtain-raiser’ analysis in The Energy As the Government seeks to mould transportation policy in the light of the transition and a war in Iran, it must build and maintain trust that will serve individual, community and national interests This evening we’ll see a second term government, with unprecedented parliamentary majorities, deliver a budget response to… Continue reading →
• Kerbside EV chargers must be treated like traffic lights to smooth electric car take-up, study finds
  I came to kerbside EV charging from the perspective of the electricity system. I now believe it’s a mistake to be treating kerbside chargers akin to streetlights: infrastructure to be deployed uniformly along every street (lest to have ‘blackspots’), with electricity system impacts front and center (baseload demand overnight). Instead, kerbside chargers are much more… Continue reading →
• Australia needs thousands more kerbside EV chargers. Here’s how to roll them out fast and fairly
  Article in The Conversation Electric vehicles (EVs) are no longer a niche technology. Australians are buying them in growing numbers as petrol prices bite and the federal government continues its tax exemption until 2029. The challenge now is to build the supporting charging infrastructure. Fast and ultrafast chargers, which recharge a typical EV in 10–15… Continue reading →
• Growing EV popularity is leading to queues at fast chargers. Could a kerbside charger network help?
  Article in The Conversation https://theconversation.com/growing-ev-popularity-is-leading-to-queues-at-fast-chargers-could-a-kerbside-charger-network-help-279563 The war on Iran has made crystal clear how shaky our reliance on fossil fuels is. It’s no surprise electric vehicles and transport have become more appealing. In Australia, sales of electric vehicles surged 40–50% in March. That sudden surge came after ten months of relatively slow growth, during which… Continue reading →
• Vehicle-to-grid response to a frequency contingency in a national grid
  A paper published in npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport analysing the vehicle-to-grid response to a major grid disturbance in the Australian grid. Abstract Vehicle-to-grid technology enables electric vehicles to contribute their large, high-power batteries to power systems reserves. Here we report the first demonstration of a fleet of vehicles discharging to support system security after… Continue reading →