From the ABC news. Even though our federal government appears to be trying to keep us in the dark ages it is encouraging that all sorts of businesses and organisations in Aus are trying to catch up with the rest of the world. Electric car charging stations power up in NSW with NRMA set to add 40 around the state
The NRMA and the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) believe vehicle price and a lack of charging infrastructure are barriers to growth in the uptake of electric cars in Australia.
According to the EVC, sales of electric vehicles across the nation slumped 23 per cent from 2015 to 2016.
The council's chief executive officer, Behyad Jafari, said Australia had about 5,000 electric and hybrid vehicles on the road, and in 2016 about 1,300 such vehicles were sold, or 0.1 per cent of new car sales.
"As a result we haven't had enough investment in the availability of different vehicle models as well as the infrastructure rollout right across regional and metropolitan New South Wales," he said. Do you think electric car charging stations should be established across Australia? Leave your thoughts in the comments.
The NRMA and EVC believe Australia is not ready for the changes that are coming.
"Unlike the rest of the world, what we don't have is any clear government policy to support the transition from petrol and diesel towards electric vehicles — that is something we are seeing around the world," Mr Jafari said.
"We need to prepare ourselves, that means preparing ourselves in terms of electricity generation, infrastructure, and ensuring that we have chargers out on our roads so that people can recharge their vehicles as they drive." Half an hour to charge
NRMA chairman Kyle Loades said the network would help unlock Australia for electric vehicles.
"We are unprepared for the incoming increase in electric cars," he said.
"There has been underinvestment in the electric vehicle market in Australia, so the NRMA is stepping in to develop a network to support the adoption and rollout of electric vehicles."
The fast-charging stations would allow a typical electric car with a range of 500 kilometres to fully charge within half an hour.
The first of the fast-charging stations will be rolled out across Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the ACT, the Illawarra, the Mid North Coast and Newcastle.
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