EV fast-charging sites nearly double across Australia in 2023 to 800
Australia's fast charging infrastructure reaches new highs in 2023, with the number of site increasing 70 per cent in the last 12 months.
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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.
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