Analysis and commentary on urban decarbonisation, transport electrification, and the systems shaping Australia's energy future.
The thing you're buying isn't a charger
Most council EV charging tenders spend forty pages on the cabinet and almost none on the four things that actually decide whether the chargers ever work.
Kerbside charging isn't a charging problem. It's a parking policy problem.
The most expensive moment in a council EV charging project is the one where the parking team finds out about it. A note from inside Australia's first commercial kerbside network on why the chargers aren't the question.