Surf Coast Shire will get three electric vehicle charging stations (EVs) following an upgrade to the Lorne Visitor Information Centre station.
The new stations will be installed throughout the year at the Aireys Inlet Community Hall car park, Winchelsea’s Barwon Terrace precinct and in Anglesea, with a location still to be confirmed.
The old 7kW single port EV charger in front of the Lorne Visitor Information Centre has also been replaced with a 50kW dual port charger.
Councilor Leon Walker said it was great to have a “public EV charging station back up and running in Lorne” and looked forward to seeing more stations across the shire.
“With more visitors driving hybrid or electric vehicles, it is convenient they now have a public option to charge their vehicles,” he said.
“Once all of the EV chargers are installed it will mean visitors travelling through our area will have four more options for fast charging.”
The new charging stations will be dual port 50kW fast chargers, with two-hour parking limits applied to each charging parking bay.
The EV stations will be part of the Chargefox network, Australia’s largest EV charging network, with the Aireys Inlet and Anglesea projects as the first public charging stations in each town.
The stations have been funded through the state government’s Destination Charging Across Victoria program to establish a public EV fast-charging network across Victoria.
