EV lobby launches new charging app to displace Plugshare with real time availability
EVC launches new charging app that it hopes will become the "single source of truth" for EV charging in Australia - and obviously a rival to Plugshare.
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Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded the Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid web sites. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years, is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review, and owns a Tesla Model 3.
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