The Australian city of Sydney has launched the first pole-mounted electric vehicle (EV) charger as part of a plan to improve Australia’s electric vehicle adoption by installing 30,000 similar stations across the country.
Electricity distribution company Ausgrid, charging infrastructure firm EVX and the City of Sydney unveiled the new EV charger on Feb. 27.
The EV charger was installed on a utility pole in the inner west suburb of Glebe as Ausgrid extended the trial program to major capital cities following the project’s launch in Newcastle in December 2022.
“Glebe is exactly the kind of suburb where demand for this solution will grow in the coming years. It is densely populated, and many people don’t have access to off-street parking,” Ausgrid’s CEO Marc England said….