Analysis and commentary on urban decarbonisation, transport electrification, and the systems shaping Australia's energy future.

Andrew Giannasca 17/6/26 Andrew Giannasca 17/6/26

Nobody owns the regional charger

Somewhere in your council area, an EV charger was installed two or three years ago. There was a ribbon, a mayor, a media release with the word "milestone." One uncomfortable question: is it working right now? Why regional public charging has a reliability and ownership gap nobody's accountable for — and what to do about it.

Andrew Giannasca 27/5/26 Andrew Giannasca 27/5/26

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.

Andrew Giannasca 19/5/26 Andrew Giannasca 19/5/26

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.