Since queues of up to 90 minutes began appearing at electric vehicle charging stations in December 2022, Australia’s largest charger operator has tripled the size of its east coast network. It plans to keep expanding.

Evie Networks – owned by energy investor Trevor St Baker and staff – had 182 chargers at 96 sites stretching from Tasmania to Townsville at the time, and the sites experienced their busiest four days on record from Boxing Day to December 29.