Ultra-fast electric vehicle charging network, Evie Networks, has announced the launch of its own independent charging app, designed from the bottom up to make charging simpler. After extensive testing with a group of dedicated drivers, Evie has taken all customer feedback into consideration to enable them to develop an app that has driver needs at [...]
New roads mixed with recycled plastics at ten sites across Victoria will demonstrate a viable circular-economy solution to the nation, experts say. The RMIT University-led project – supported by the Australian Research Council, Austroads and 10 Victorian councils – will incorporate recycled plastic from consumer and industrial waste, including notoriously stubborn soft plastics, into asphalt as a [...]
The State Government will showcase a clean, green public transport future with hybrid trains and hydrogen buses to join a full-battery electric bus as the latest technology to be trialled across the network. A ground-breaking, two-year hydrogen bus trial will involve two vehicles based at the Morphettville bus depot deployed on routes across Adelaide [...]
The Engineers Australia Excellence Awards will recognise the outstanding engineers who show innovation and resourcefulness in their work and the region’s top engineering projects and the teams behind them. From 4 to 8 September 2023, Engineers Australia will announce the local winners of the Engineers Australia Excellence Awards and winners of the Achievement Awards [...]
Leaders from government, transport, education, skills, and unions joined with international experts in Melbourne recently to tackle a chronic workforce shortage in Australia’s rail industry. With a $155 billion national pipeline of rail modernisation projects over the next 15 years, the first Future Rail Skills Forum heard that for Australia to attract the 70,000 more [...]
Take a deep dive into Smart Infrastructure and Data Ecosystems. Throughout cities across the globe, there is an urgent need to create resilient and interoperable infrastructure that will support our increasingly urbanised populations. Smart infrastructure shapes an ecosystem that bridges the real and digital worlds. Infrastructure built with technologies that produce, analyse and securely share [...]
Engineers Australia’s Climate Smart Engineering Conference 2023 (CSE23) will be an exciting in-person event held at the world-class sustainable Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 29-30 November. This flagship conference, known for its knowledge-sharing, networking and engaging debate on engineering-led climate solutions, will reflect the critical role the profession will play in driving the economy-wide [...]
Australia’s freight and logistics sector is the third biggest and fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. The country’s transport emissions have been rising since 1990 with transport accounting for close to 20 per cent of Australia’s total emissions. Heavy-duty trucks, ships, aeroplanes and trains are essential in our supply chain and economy but the amount [...]
Australia faces barriers to the uptake of recycled content in roads and the environmental, economic and performance benefits that would bring, according to a new research report from Standards Australia. However, the report also outlines a roadmap to address the primary roadblocks and calls on industry and government to form a partnership to make [...]
Coventry University in the UK showcased one of its self-driving vehicles at the City’s recent Motofest 2023 event. The Nissan ENV 200, which is a full battery and electric-operated vehicle, was seen by the public for the first time driving around part of Coventry city centre as part of the event. The vehicle is one [...]
