Politicians in New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria have promised to build hundreds of charging locations in an attempt to boost the number of electric vehicles (EVs) in the two Australian states.
On Oct. 23, the NSW government announced a $39.4 million (US$24.8 million) project to establish over 500 fast and ultra-fast electric vehicle charging bays in cities and on highways across the state.
It said that when completed, the charging stations could replenish 60 percent of modern EV batteries in 15 minutes.
The announcement is followed by Victorian opposition parties’ promise to add 600 EV charging stations if it wins the state election in November.
The EV Council, a peak body representing the electric vehicle industry in Australia, said if both projects were implemented, there would be a boost to the network of public electric vehicle charging stations in the country….