Sydney based electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure company EVX says it expects to deliver over half of the new kerbside chargers that the New South Wales government announced last week.
NSW says it would commit $2.8 million to support the delivery of more than 500 new kerbside EV chargers across the state, with the money to be distributed to five different recipients, including three Australian companies and two from the UK, who are together contributing a further $2.2 million in private investment to install the kerbside chargers.
The five recipients are Charge Post, Connected Kerb, Plus ES, EF Asset Management, and EVX.
EVX says it will deliver 278 new kerbside chargers, specifically its Australian-designed and -made pole-mounted EV chargers.
“Convenient access to EV chargers remains a big challenge for EV drivers in some of Sydney’s most well-established and densely populated suburbs, also having the potential to put-off many potential EV owners in these areas for lack of charging infrastructure,” said Andrew Forster, EVX CEO.
“Thanks to our previous and extensive deployments across NSW, we have developed an efficient and rapidly scalable approach to the deployment of kerbside charging infrastructure which delivers value to drivers and communities.”
EVX pole-mounted chargers will be installed across 13 local council areas including Bayside, Parramatta, Ryde, Newcastle, Northern Beaches, and the City of Sydney.
Joshua S. Hill is a Melbourne-based journalist who has been writing about climate change, clean technology, and electric vehicles for over 15 years. He has been reporting on electric vehicles and clean technologies for Renew Economy and The Driven since 2012. His preferred mode of transport is his feet.