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Kathleen Davies is the current Chairperson of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association. AEVA is a volunteer-powered not-for-profit representing a fast-growing group of mainstream consumers.

She is an electric vehicle early adopter and is driving her third EV (since 2012). For over six years, Kath has been active in AEVA working with volunteer teams to deliver public events that educate, support and promote electric drive.

Kath is passionate about real and practical climate action. She and her family have retrofitted their 1974-built house from 2-star to 7-star energy efficient home. She is involved with Sustainable House Day, Off Grid Living Festival, and other local climate action groups.

Climate action has also led Kath to legal action in the High Court. She is one of the two winning plaintiffs in the landmark case that scrapped Victoria’s electric vehicle tax. Known as the “world’s worst EV policy” this unconstitutional tax was a barrier to EV adoption.

In her day job, Kathleen is an independent engineering consultant, working across multiple industries to help safeguard process design. This gives her a unique perspective on the power of business and industry to deliver more sustainability for less cost. Kath has a strong background in lean to green principles, and is passionate about regenerative and circular processes for positive impact at work as well as at home.

Riz has been an advocate in the Electric Vehicle space for several years after purchasing his Tesla in 2019. Having been an active participant on multiple committees in both the Tesla Owners Club of Australia (Victoria) and the AEVA Victorian branch, Riz’s support for EV adoption in Australia has continued to grow.

In his day to day, Riz is Founder and CEO of carloop, a company specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends serving customers across industry and government. He is passionate for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia which is seen through his journalism work on Australia’s number one online EV publication, The Driven.