The new infrastructure will give more Australians the confidence to transition to an electric vehicle (EV) and help lower household transportation costs and emissions from Australia’s transport sector.
The Commonwealth, along with state and territory governments, has made significant investment in public charging infrastructure, particularly over the past four years.
Building on these efforts, the government will further boost Australia’s EV charger network by leveraging the complementary strengths of electricity networks and charging providers.
This will help build a bigger and more effective EV charging ecosystem that helps all motorists and businesses.
Funding will help unlock the potential of electricity networks to accelerate deployment of kerbside and fast EV chargers, including by:
- progressing initiatives which identify suitable places to connect charging infrastructure and provide options to reduce the time and cost to connect
- identifying new models to support deployment in black spots, such as regional areas
- kickstarting Australia’s kerbside charging ecosystem on existing electricity poles
This new work will target urban and regional locations with immediate and short-term need for charging, with delivery informed by consultation in the coming months with governments, market bodies, distribution networks, charging providers and other groups.
“We’ve delivered more choice of cheaper-to-run cars and now we’re going to help make sure it’s easier to charge in the suburbs and the region,” Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen said.
“We want to make connecting EV chargers faster and cheaper and kickstart the kerbside charging potential on poles to expand our EV charging network and that will help more Australians choose an EV.”
The funding builds on the Albanese Government’s ongoing work to expand charging infrastructure across Australia as part of its Driving the Nation Fund.
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