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Ben Selwyn, on Thu, Jul 08,2021
June is an odd month when it comes to new car sales, with fleets bringing forward spending to take advantage of EOFY tax incentives, and consumers out hunting for bargains. Well publicised stock shortages make things more complicated this year, with some manufacturers likely to lose sales because they can’t deliver vehicles for 3, 6, or even 9 months.
Ben Selwyn, on Wed, Jun 09,2021
Steve, Bayee and I were very pleased to join a range of industry representatives at the 2021 Australasian Fleet Management Association conference in Melbourne in May. Bringing together fleet operators, OEMs, FMOs and a range of other suppliers to the sector, the conference provided a fantastic opportunity to hear from a range of industry experts, see some of the latest vehicles and technologies in action, and network (in person) with old and new acquaintances.
Ben Selwyn, on Mon, Nov 19,2018
While we spend a lot of time talking about electric vehicles, it can be difficult to define the extent to which they've penetrated the Australian car parc. Luckily, we have the ABS to help out, with the release of more data from the January 2018 Motor Vehicle Census allowing us to delve into this topic in a lot more detail.
Ben Selwyn, on Fri, Sep 21,2018
We've been talking about electric vehicles a lot this week, particularly about what it would take for them to achieve mass adoption. As we've seen in other countries, that process will typically be achieved with the support of government intervention, which in Australia is most likely to be driven at a state level. In that context, we decided to have a look at EV distribution by state, to see where our early adopters are located.
Ben Selwyn, on Tue, Sep 18,2018
There are currently almost 4 million electric vehicles on road around the world, with more than one in four of them sold in 2017. In Australia however, take-up is well behind many other countries, with one in three vehicles sold here still powered by diesel.
Ben Selwyn, on Thu, Feb 01,2018
From the VCR in 1970 to the Oculus Rift in 2013, the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas has been at the forefront of tech trends.
Every year, around 170,000 people flock to see the new gadgets and concepts that have been dreamed up by over 4,000 exhibiting companies. Although CES originally focused on home appliances and computers, recent years have seen the increasing emergence of vehicles and vehicle tech in the show.
Ben Selwyn, on Thu, Jan 11,2018
The lesson of Nokia
“We didn't do anything wrong, but somehow, we lost.”
-Nokia CEO Stephen Elop
Before Apple’s iPhone came along and spoiled the party, Nokia reigned supreme. The Finnish phone maker began taking over the mobile phone world in the late 1990s and peaked with sales of over USD$51 billion in 2007.
Ben Selwyn, on Wed, Oct 18,2017
Although electric vehicles (EVs) have been around since the 1800s and there was a spike of interest in the early 1990s, we have yet to see mass adoption of them globally.
The reasons are numerous. If you believe the 2006 documentary Who Killed the Electric Car, 1990s' EVs were crushed by a combination of collusion between auto manufacturers, the oil industry, the U.S. government and lack lustre consumer perceptions.
