Electric vehicle infrastructure company Chargefox has secured industry-changing funding to build new rapid charging stations across Australia.
Public charging stations will be built with $15 million invested by motoring clubs like NRMA and RACV, Wilson Transformers, and Carsales founder and incoming Chargefox chairman Greg Roebuck, plus funding from the Victorian government and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
Chargefox says it will build the world’s third 350kW charging network, available to owners of all electric vehicles by simply downloading the Chargefox app and paying with a credit card.
Co-founder and chair of the Australian EV Council Tim Washington says it’s a milestone.
“I’ve been working on this for two years, and it has been an incredibly humbling, challenging, frustrating and ultimately rewarding experience,” he says on LinkedIn.
“This is just the start, of course, and I look forward to the immense amount of work to come. Thanks to all those who have supported me personally during this time, you know who you are,” he adds.
The company in partnership with Tritium also opened Tasmania’s first DC charging station in Launceston last week, the city’s first 50kW DC fast charger, offering drivers an 80% recharge in 30 minutes.
