Report on BEV on 6.30 with George Negus, July 2011

An electrifying first for Queanbeyan
The District Bulletin, July 2011

Mobil Elektrik Mulai – Ambil Posisi (Electric Cars Are Here – Get in Line)
Bisnis Indonesia Sunday Edition, 31 October 2010

Blade Electric Vehicles – pioneering EVs in Australia
Appropriately, the first modern fully electric vehicle  commercially available in Australia is locally produced…
Autoengineer, September 2010
http://www.saea.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Autoengineer-Sept-2010.pdf

Electron driving the future
Canberra Times, August 19th 2010
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/electron-driving-the-future/1917511.aspx

Lead the Charge: Bernie Hobbs’ Electron
Age/SMH Drive, July 23 2010
http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/lead-the-charge

I like driving in my (electric) car
ABC Blogs July 13, 2010
http://blogs.abc.net.au/catalyst/2010/07/i-like-driving-in-my-electric-car.html

Interviews with Bernie Hobbs
ABC Brisbane Afternoons with Richard Fiedler, June 21 2010: http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2010/06/bernies-new-baby.html
ABC Sydney Afternoons with James Valentine, June 23 2010:
http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2010/06/i-like-driving-in-my-electric-car.html

How to Act Cool in 50 Steps
Good Weekend (Melbourne Age, Sydney Morning Herald) June 15, 2010
Click here to read

Blade Electron Getz-Based EV Passes Australian Crash Testing:
http://www.themotorreport.com.au/46656/blade-electron-getz-based-ev-passes-australian-crash-testing

Electric Avenue: Has the electric car revolution arrived?
Late Night Live 15 April 2010
http://www.abc.net.au

An Electric Hyundai Getz?
Life with Gina, Dec 26th, 2009
http://hyundaigetz.gannsdeen.com/2009/12/an-electric-hyundai-getz/

Australian electric vehicle maker manufactures Hyundai Getz EV
Indian Autos Blog, December 1, 2009
http://indianautosblog.com/2009/12/hyundai-getz-ev-blade-electron

Electron passes ADR test
CarAdvice.com.au, November 30, 2009
http://www.caradvice.com.au/49527/better-place-secures-funding-electron-passes-adr-test/

It might look like any other crash-tested Hyundai Getz but this one is special
Herald-Sun, November 26 2009
http://www.carsguide.com.au/site/news-and-reviews/car-news/hyundai_getz_electron

Can I buy an EV in Australia yet?
Internode Blog, October 22, 2009
http://blog.internode.on.net/2009/10/22/can-i-buy-an-ev-in-australia-yet/

The little green car that pays for itself
The Age, May 8, 2009
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-little-green-car-that-pays-for-itself-20090507-awk6.html

Aussie electric! Local car-makers beat big business to deliver Australia?s first homegrown EVs
Go Auto, April 14 2009
http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/03DC03C03B4CC551CA25759300295536

NZ’s first mainstream electric car unveiled
Drive South, February 14 2009
http://www.drivesouth.co.nz/news/10752/nz039s-first-mainstream-electric-car-unveiled

Governments fail to get serious about green cars
ABC 7.30 Report, December 18 2008
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2008/s2450431.htm

Blade Electric Vehicles Conversion of the Hyundai Getz Picks Up Momentum
Green Car Congress, December 14 2008
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/12/blade-electric.html

Green car pioneer buoyed by assistance package
The Australian, November 15, 2008
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/green-car-pioneer-buoyed-by-assistance-package/story-e6frg6no-1111118042675

Blade Runner on the cutting edge
Australian Institute for Commercialisation, November 10 2008
http://www.ausicom.com/

Blade Electron an electric Getz
Green Car Sales, November 2008
http://www.greencarsales.com.au/news/2008/small-passenger/hyundai/getz/blade-electron-an-electric-getz-7592

Electric driving
Hills and Valley Messenger, October 28 2008
http://hills-and-valley-messenger.whereilive.com.au/news/story/electric-driving/

First Mass-Upfitted Electric Car Hits New Zealand
The Cutting Edge, October 6 2008
http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=808&pageid=28&pagename=Sci-Tech

Blade Runner is on the cutting edge
Australian Institute for Commercialisation, October 4, 2009
http://www.ausicom.com/

Hyundai to have electric car first in NZ
NZ Press Agency, September 26, 2008
http://bikes.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=57233&vf=1

Hyundai first to sell electric cars in New Zealand
Scoop.co.nz, September 26, 2008
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0809/S00534.htm

Hyundai ‘to have electric car first in NZ’
Stuff.co.nz, September 26, 2008
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/motoring/646300

Victoria’s Blade Runner sets the pace
Business Victoria Innovation & Commercialisation, August 11 2008
http://www.business.vic.gov.au/BUSVIC/ARTICLE/PC_62802.html

This car runs for just 1 cent per kilometre
Bendigo Advertiser, July 30, 2008
http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/news-features/this-car-runs-for-just-1-cent-per-kilometre/1229642.aspx

Electric Car Getz Safety Approval
CleanTech, July 21, 2008
http://www.azocleantech.com/Details.asp?ArticleId=90#5

Australia Certifies Its First ZEV
The Truth About Cars, March 28, 2008
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/australia-certifies-its-first-zev

Blade Runner: Australia’s first zero-emissions car
AutoblogGreen, March 27, 2008
http://green.autoblog.com/2008/03/27/blade-runner-australia-s-first-zero-emissions-car/

The Blade runner electric car
Today Tonight March 25, 2008
http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/article/1748373/lifestyle/blade-runner-electric-car

All electric cars – made in Australia
YouTube video, March 18, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykqhigH19-E

My cute new electric car? It’s a little ray of sunshine
The Age, February 21, 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/my-cute-new-electric-car-its-a-little-ray-of-sunshine/2008/02/20/1203467178020.html

Electric car uses sun to show watts driving the future
The Age, February 15, 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/electric-car-uses-sun-to-show-watts-driving-the-future/2008/02/14/1202760494735.html

Blade Electric Vehicles Interview
Eco World Australia Monthly, February 2008
http://podcast.ecoworld.com.au/2008/06/002-blade-electric-vehicles-interview-feb-2008/

Hyundai’s First Electric Car
Beyond Fossil Fuel, January 10, 2008
http://www.beyondfossilfuel.com/electric/hyundai_100108.html

Castlemaine’s greenhouse target to cut carbon emissions by 30 per cent
ABC Stateline, December 12, 2007
http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/vic/content/2006/s2058434.htm

Castlemaine does a power of good tackling the angles of environmental change
The age, by Liz Minchin. June 5, 2007
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/castlemaine-does-a-power-of-good-tackling-the-angles-ofenvironmental-change/2007/06/04/1180809426529.html

The Solar-Charged Electric Car
Earth Garden Magazine
http://www.earthgarden.com.au/electriccar.html

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