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Jennifer Hewett

EV charging network needs urgent upgrade

Electric vehicles will only become more popular – but the power supply to charge them is not keeping up with the pace.

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Regional Australia’s concerns over big new transmission lines and wind or solar farms near properties have deflected attention from another major infrastructure blockage in a struggling energy transition.

Electric vehicle charging facilities – particularly fast-charging stations – obviously need to keep up with the growing numbers of EVs. So far, that rollout is going very, very slowly.

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