The NSW government has announced a new funding round to install more than 500 kerbside EV chargers to help electric vehicle drivers find convenient options to charge up their car.
According to the NSW government funding website, almost one in three drivers across NSW do not have access to off-street parking to charge an EV. This can be one of the barriers faced by residents who are looking at purchasing an EV.
“These … new kerbside chargers will give more EV drivers confidence they’ll be able to charge their vehicle locally, even if they don’t have a private carparking spot,” energy minister Penny Sharpe said in a statement.
As part of the first round of a $10 million program, a total of $3 million in funding will be offered to local councils and charge point operators to install kerbside chargers in 26 targeted local government areas with high density populations.
Each successful applicant allowed to receive up to $800,000. The funding available for each applicant is to be less than 80% of the equipment and installation cost with funding for each EV charge port commissioned to be capped at $10,000.
One other area being funded as part of the grant are the EV charger software subscription costs for the charger asset owners.
These are apps that EV drivers will use to operate these kerbside chargers. Up to 80% of the cost of a 3-year EV charger software subscription can also be included in eligible applications.
Applications for round 1 of kerbside charging grants are now open with a closing date of November 17.
The eligible LGAs are:
- Bayside
- Blacktown
- Burwood
- Canada Bay
- Canterbury-Bankstown
- Cumberland
- Fairfield
- Georges River
- Hunters Hill
- Inner West
- Ku-ring-gai
- Lane Cove
- Liverpool
- Mosman
- Newcastle
- North Sydney
- Northern Beaches
- Parramatta
- Randwick
- Ryde
- Strathfield
- Sutherland Shire
- Sydney
- Waverley
- Willoughby
- Woollahra
Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.