Electric vehicles (EVs) can effectively serve as mobile batteries that provide energy to the power grid when not being driven, improving the reliability of the grid, serving as a source of backup power and potentially reducing energy and EV ownership costs. So why have so few places adopted the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) model? A new study details the barriers to V2G adoption and outlines possible paths forward for this technology. “Most people are unfamiliar with the idea of what V2G is or how...

Forensic Crash Unit are investigating following a single vehicle traffic crash in Bellmere this morning, 15 March. Police and emergency services were called to Bellmere Road just before 9am in relation to a single motorcycle crash. Initial investigations indicate a black Kawasaki motorcycle has failed to negotiate a corner at the intersection of Bellmere Road and River Drive. The motorcycle has struck the centre medium strip, crashing through a fence and into a shed at the rear of a Daintree Str...

Queenstown Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspects involved in stealing two vehicles and damaging two others. The vehicles were seen in the Lake Hayes Estate and Lower Shotover areas overnight on Saturday 7 March and into the early hours of Sunday 8 March. Senior Sergeant Glenn Wilkinson, Area Response Manager says at about 1.40am on Sunday morning Police received a call from a resident in Lake Hayes Estate who had heard two cars speeding and what sounded like a cr...

Valentine’s Day has gone horribly wrong for a Cranbourne East man after he was clocked nearly 60km/h over the speed limit in Upper Beaconsfield last night. State Highway Patrol officers were travelling along Beaconsfield-Emerald Road in an unmarked police vehicle when they observed a Hyundai Kona overtake them at a fast rate of speed about 10.30pm. The vehicle, belonging to the man’s female passenger, was detected at an alleged speed of 128km/h in the 70km/h zone. Officers intercepte...

A man has died after his vehicle became submerged in floodwaters while travelling on State Highway 39 overnight. A member of public alerted emergency services to the submerged car, near the intersection with Kiwi Road at Puketotara, about 9.15pm. Sadly, one person was located deceased inside the vehicle. State Highway 39 remains closed. Anyone travelling in the Waikato District is urged to take care and should not attempt to cross flooded roads. /NZ Police Public Release. This material from the...

The Forensic Crash Unit (FCU) are investigating a fatal single vehicle traffic incident at Rosehill, northwest of Warwick, yesterday 7 February. Initial investigations indicate around 7:40am, a 1995 Toyota Camry was travelling east on Warwick Allora Road before leaving the roadway and entering a nearby waterway. Emergency services arrived a short time later and retrieved the driver, the sole occupant of the vehicle, a 56-year-old Cannon Hill man, who was declared deceased. FCU Officers are inves...

Police have charged two people following a break-in at a Kawungan business this morning, 30 January. Officers will allege that, before 3am, three stolen vehicles attended the Main Street business, before one of the vehicles forced entry, causing significant damage to the property and stock. Several items of stock were stolen from the business before the vehicles then fled the area. Officers were notified of the incident and located a blue Mazda3 sedan and a silver Mitsubishi Triton utility a sho...

A man has died following a single vehicle crash in the state’s New England region. About 11.45pm yesterday (Saturday 24 January 2026) police were called to Macintrye Road, Barraba – about 90km north of Tamworth – following reports a vehicle had left the road and crashed. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle – believed to be a 25-year-old man – was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics; however, died at the scene. Officers attached to Oxley Police District established a crime s...

Mirage News 18 Jan 2026 3:52 pm AEDT Date Time Officers from the Major Crash Investigation Section are investigating a crash that occurred in Beelerup, near Donnybrook, on Saturday, 17 January 2026. About 6.10pm, a white two door Ford Falcon utility with a white canopy was driving east on Donnybrook-Boyup Brook Road, when it left the road and collided with a tree near the intersection of Beelerup Road. The vehicle caught fire and the 18-year-old male driver died from his injuries sustained at th...