Wheels issue devoted to electric vehicles

No please no! Don’t encourage the government roll out another NBN!

EVs will take Australia by storm. We dont need a bloody government roll out! ... We do need the government to get out of the way and pass legislation fostering and protecting Australian innovation!

Its about tech take up and progressiveness vs stubborn minded antipathy. Good to see Wheels making the shift to the inevitable. Their headline is just a provocation which will help the EV cause.

Servos will roll out charging points fast when they start missing customers. Remote area roadhouses on highway 1 already have them. ...It’s jiust the installation of PowerPoints.

As a side note: Servos have always made more money selling food and snacks than fuel. You only have to look at the comparative price of iced coffee milk, which equates to around $8-10 per litre! and I’m sure the extraction and refinery process is a hell of a lot cheaper! LOL

If the government required all servos to install charging points it would be a big help.

Maybe servo’s don’t want to be turned into car parks. Or have governments tell them what to do.

If servos don't install charging points they will be out of business in a decade or so.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

If servos don't install charging points they will be out of business in a decade or so.

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Exactly. Which is why gov needs to do nothing about installing EV charge points. They need to collect the tax and use it to improve public transport and renewable energy sources.

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Originally Posted by biggin

Maybe servo’s don’t want to be turned into car parks. Or have governments tell them what to do.

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Thats what will happen if its made to be. Cars parked for hours while they charge up at a busy servo. Not worth the time and most servos wouldnt have the space to waste. Maybe if they make multi level carparks with lots of charge points. Then they can charge for parking too whilst their leccy buzz boxes charge up???

The roll out has already started....

Servos may be no busier than now, they may be quicker in the near future and they’ll definitely be safer places to be. But if they are busier the business owners will be delighted

“High Power Chargers, offer EV drivers 150km of range in just 5 minutes – almost as fast as filling up a petrol tank.”

EV fast-charging network to roll out in Australia after funding boost | RenewEconomy

Even the big fossil fuel companies are getting in on the action..
BP to buy UK’s ‘largest’ electric vehicle charging business

https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/amp/news...-charge-points

I heard about a church installing EV charging points in its car park so the parishioners can recharge their vehicles outside while they get a spiritual recharge inside.
How long do you think it will be before Bunnings announces charging points in its car parks?

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

If servos don't install charging points they will be out of business in a decade or so.

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If they’re not selling fuel most will be out of business anyway.

Service Stations make most of their income selling snacks and drinks. Fuel just lures customers in. The longer peeps stay and eat the better. Charging points will be everywhere.