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Electric vehicle charging network now spans almost all of Australia

FED up of waiting for the government to take action, a group of electric car owners have banded together to change Australia’s roads forever.

In the past few month, the finishing touches have been put on an “Electric Highway” — a three-year project which means there is now a charger near every populated part of the country.
It is a very different picture to just two years ago when, for massive swathes of Australia, there was barely a charger in sight.

The transformation is all part of a voluntary initiative of the Tesla Owners Club of Australia (TOCA), which split the costs of the power points with Australian Electric Vehicle Association to fill the 10,000km of gaps where there were few or no chargers just a few years ago.


Electric car charging points in March 2016. Picture: Supplied/ PlugShareSource:Supplied

Charging points as of this month. Picture: Supplied/ PlugShareSource:Supplied

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