Hyundai electric vehicle drivers will pay less to charge their cars at Ampol stations than other battery-powered motorists after the Korean carmaker and the petroleum group struck a partnership that will also investigate adding refuelling stations for hydrogen-powered vehicles.

Ampol chief executive Matthew Halliday said the arrangement would allow Hyundai to provide electric vehicle buyers with attractive “offers” to use the service station group’s AmpCharge network, which is gradually expanding.