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"A Melbourne apartment complex has just been kitted out with 251 electric
vehicle (EV) charging points – and it has not yet caught fire.
The project is a sign that strata committees and body corporates are finally
beginning to change their attitude on retrofitting EV charge points into older
buildings, following a fear campaign led by some state fire services over the
last two years.
Wylie Chak, the founder of Nox Energy which installed the chargers, says
attitudes have “100 per cent” moved past that now. “The conversation that we’re
having this year compared to last year is completely different,” he told
The
Driven.
“People… are needing EV charging in their strata. So the conversation, it’s
easier and easier. Our sales cycle in 2025 was six months. [In] 2026, [it’s]
six weeks.”
Nox has just finished installing what it says is the largest number of EV
chargers in an apartment building in the southern hemisphere, at a cost of
$300,000.
With petrol prices rocketing, Chak is not the only person who believes strata
and body corporates will come under more pressure to relent on installing EV
chargers.
Australians are likely to be “waiting on the line for a while” if they call up
this week asking to buy an EV, said federal energy minister Chris Bowen at the
charger launch on Tuesday"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
