About My Electric Car
| My Electric Car (MEC) is an information site on electric vehicles. It highlights the various developments that are accelerating worldwide in the electric vehicle market. Although Australian oriented, MEC sees value in giving visitors a global perspective in this rapidly evolving space and hopes to stimulate interest and discussion.Many countries around the world have policy settings in place to encourage the take up of electric and hybrid vehicles for the obvious environmental and health benefits. Rebates, tax incentives, free parking and other benefits are available to motorists. Unfortunately in Australia there are currently no incentives for individuals to switch to low or zero polluting vehicles.
From a transport perspective MEC encourages the use of public transport but acknowledges that cars and individual transportation vehicles will be with us for some time. For this reason MEC sees the transition to electrically powered vehicles as necessary from a health, environmental and strategic perspective. MEC was developed by Leo Kerr who drives a converted Mitsubishi Mirage vehicle. As a life member of Men of The Trees in Western Australia, Leo has a keen environmental interest and was founder or co-founder of a number of Men of The Trees initiatives including, The Million Tree Program (1990), The Childrens Forest (1999) and Carbon Neutral (2001). |
“When you drive electric you know you are experiencing what the future holds for transport – it just makes sense. No toxic emissions, quiet and cheap to run. I purchase green energy and have solar panels on the roof at home. Burning oil to power a vehicle is an inexcusable waste of a precious resource. From an energy security standpoint, from environmental and health perspectives, the sooner we transition to electric the better.” Leo Kerr
The FAQ section under Resource on the main menu will deal with many of the questions people have about electric vehicles. This is a community orientated site and feed back is welcome. Visit the MEC blog to have your say. My Electric Car is a member of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association. MEC tecnical advisor is Daniel Booth from the EV Shop based in Balcatta, Perth. Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to verify the information on this website, My Electric Car takes no responsibility for the accuracy or authenticity of the content of the website. My Electric Car does not accept any liability to any person for any information or any advice which is provided on this web site or incorporated into it by reference. The information provided is on the basis that anyone visiting the website undertakes responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content. |
