Near Cape Paterson on Victoria's south-east coast, Joe and Jo Spano live at an eco-development known as The Cape. They recently built a highly efficient, all-electric home with 6kW of solar PV and 4.8 kWh of energy storage. And they are about to take possession of one of the next generation of long-range electric vehicles. To understand the economic and environmental value of the Spanos' home and car choices, the energy analysts at Renew compared them with two alternative scenarios: an average existing (2 Star) or minimum-standard (6 Star) new build, "dual-fuel" Victorian home, along with the purchase of a comparable internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle.
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