Category: Polestar

Polestar, the premium Swedish electric vehicle brand, says it’s channeling the spirit of past Aussie pioneers by trialing a world-first fast-charging system for electric vehicles on Australia’s Nullarbor Plain. Covering more than 700 kilometres between the West Australian towns of Caiguna and Southern Cross, the all-electric Polestar 2 is powered up at the fully off-grid, and self- contained BiØfil fast chargers en-route to Perth. The chargers are entirely powered using waste ‘chip fat’ (vegetable) oil from the Caiguna roadhouse. The BiØfil fast-charging system is the brainchild of retired engineer, Jon… Read more