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The Trevor St Baker-backed Evie Networks was the biggest winner from the funding round, awarded $8.85 million to deliver 158 fast charging stations across eight regions in Australia, with project partners Tritium and ActewAGL.A statement from the company on Friday noted that it was the only awardee to win in all eight Australian states and territories, including being the exclusive winner in Canberra.Evie says it has plans to deploy over 300 fast chargers (a minimum of two per site), at shopping centres, grocery stores, restaurants and council owned areas to allow for charging wherever convenient.Evie also had a previous deal with Ampol – inked in mid-2020 – to install a series of 350kW ultra-fast EV chargers at six of the petrol giant’s retail outlets in regional Victoria and NSW.Another of this week’s Future Fuels Fund recipients, Engie, was awarded $6.85 million to deliver 103 fast charging stations across four regions in Australia, with project partners ISimply Energy and JET Charge.ChargeFox was awarded $1.4 million to deliver 16 fast charging stations across Adelaide and Perth; and Electric Highway Tasmania, working with project partners Chargefox and Kingborough Council, was granted $400,000 to deliver five electric vehicle fast charging stations in Hobart.Sophie VorrathSophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.


probably this crowd - so thats 158 units locked in