The New South Wales (NSW) Government has developed an ‘electric vehicle charging masterplan’ – an interactive online resource for electric vehicle (EV) charging providers and planners to explore the potential for investment in the state’s charging station network.
The fully open-access map will help to identify ideal locations for the installation of EV charging infrastructure, as well as help to assess applications for EV charging grants.
The NSW Government will co-fund 1,000 charging bays along key travel routes across the state, while private investors provide around $160 million toward the initiative.
Transport and Roads Minister Andrew Constance said the masterplan highlights NSW’s plans to boost its existing charging network by more than 300 per cent.
“The ultra-fast chargers will allow vehicles to charge to optimal range in under 10 minutes or about the time it takes to have a cup of coffee – future proofing the state and signalling to the market that NSW is ready to receive more EV models,” Minister Constance said.
Ideal locations for EV charging infrastructure will be identified as optimal zones. These zones have been selected following an analysis of a range of technical, social and economic factors.
Such factors include projected electric vehicle adoption in the area, traffic movements, tourism data, vehicle ownership and local points of interest.
Increasing the existing network by more than 300 per cent will allow NSW to have more accumulated EV charging stations than all other Australian states and territories combined.
Once implemented, all EV charging stations will be powered with renewable energy, helping to reduce NSW’s carbon emissions to zero.
To find out more about the electric vehicle charging masterplan, click here.
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