Introducing i-MiEV and Welcome to Tomorrow. Welcome to Tomorrow is a digital city of the future created to introduce Australia’s first volume-production electric vehicle, the i-MiEV (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle).

An electric smart home that’s a cross between “The Jetsons” and “Big Brother” is being trialled in the Australian state of New South Wales, and the state government – and they want you and your family to apply!

Internode managing director, Simon Hackett, has driven the world’s first fully-electric production supercar 3000 kilometres from Darwin to Adelaide at a cost of $126.11, or four cents a kilometre, and equal to fuel use of 1.6 litres per 100 kilometres.

Internode managing director and passionate electric car advocate, Simon Hackett, has smashed the world distance record for an electric vehicle by driving his Tesla Roadster more than 500 kilometres in the inaugural Global Green Challenge.

The CSIRO and energy distributor, SP AustNet, have started a three-month road trial of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), which could one day end up in every Australian driveway, after modification of the car using a US-developed conversion kit at the CSIRO’s laboratories in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton.

The Australian-invented UltraBattery is set for accelerated development in the United States with the US Government awarding a grant of $US32.5 million to manufacturer East Penn to produce the battery.

Even though the global economy is in a financial downturn, Tesla Motors is continuing with its plans to produce an all-electric car in the United States. Its slick, seven-seat Tesla Model S was unveiled in California.

With lithium ion battery technologies being advanced, designed and manufactured in Asia, a new US “alliance” of “leading US battery and advanced materials companies” and “one of the country’s largest national laboratories” is being formed to ensure advanced batteries are designed and manufactured in the US, so US companies aren’t dependent on foreigners.

Hawaiian governor Linda Lingle announced that the state will coordinate Better Place car battery exchange stations for electric vehicles on its islands. If Hawaii is pursuing such green driving practices, why aren’t the other U.S. states doing it, too? Actually, California is!

The man once touted as the next CEO of SAP Shai Agassi has forged agreements between his company, Better Place, Australian utility heavyweight AGL Energy and the financial advisory arm of Macquarie Group, to launch a AUD$1 billion electric car infrastructure project in Australia.