{"id":5437,"date":"2019-02-14T15:09:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T04:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/dev\/?p=5437"},"modified":"2024-07-08T21:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T11:03:12","slug":"infrastructure-australia-recognises-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-as-a-high-priority-so-high-time-for-government-to-get-on-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/news\/infrastructure-australia-recognises-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-as-a-high-priority-so-high-time-for-government-to-get-on-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure Australia recognises electric vehicle infrastructure as a High Priority \u2013 so high time for government to get on board"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInfrastructure Australia has, for the first time, identified the construction of a national electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging network as a High Priority Initiative for Australia, highlighting the impetus for urgent government action.\n\nThe new \u20182019 Infrastructure Priority List,\u2019 published by the independent statutory body, nominates \u201ca network of fast-charging stations on the national highway network to provide national connectivity\u201d as one of 29 High Priority Initiatives for Australia.\n\nElectric Vehicle Council chief executive Behyad Jafari said Australia lagged behind comparable nations in terms of electric vehicle infrastructure and there was an urgent need to act.\n\n\u201cInfrastructure Australia is the objective authority on what the nation needs to start building. If their experts recognise a national fast-charging network as a high priority, then governments should heed the call,\u201d Mr Jafari said.\n\n\u201cThe key factor holding back the mass uptake on electric vehicles in Australia is consumer uncertainty about charging infrastructure.\n\n\u201cAs Infrastructure Australia correctly points out, the price of EVs is dropping and range is rising. But our leaders are pumping the brakes by not adequately supporting new charging infrastructure.\n\n\u201cAustralians can and should be able to drive all over this massive nation with complete confidence in a zero-emission vehicle. The technology exists. We just need the political will to make it happen.\n\n\u201cThe advantages of a mass transition to electric vehicles are manifest. Carbon emissions would fall, pollution in our cities would be phased out, our insecure dependence on foreign oil could be eradicated.\n\n\u201cBut if we are to seize this exciting potential we need governments to show the public that EVs are supported.\n\n\u201cA century ago, when the potential of the automobile was recognised, previous generations spent a fortune creating infrastructure to support it. The transition to EVs requires just a small fraction of that boldness and vision.\n\n\u201cWith Infrastructure Australia\u2019s imprimatur now in black and white, we need to just get on and make it happen.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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