Electric vehicles are they weighing down the network ?

The electric vehicle industry wants an extra $3.2 billion spent on infrastructure to increase the number of such cars on Australian roads to three million by 2030.

The scenario was modelled in a new report for the Electric Vehicle Council that said a boost to public charging infrastructure would help achieve a Norway-like penetration of electric vehicles in Australia.

The NRMA has backed the plan, and is rolling out $10 million worth of public chargers in NSW, paid for with members’ funds.

Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg, who predicts one million electric vehicles in Australia by 2030, said the government would back measures to speed the “revolution”, through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

Report sponsor and energy technology investor Trevor St Baker hoped taxpayers and the private sector would fund the ­infrastructure rollout through public-private partnerships.

The report follows a study by New Zealand’s biggest electricity distributor warning next-generation electric vehicles with bigger batteries, and preference for faster chargers, could multiply a household’s load on the power grid by up to 20 times.

source: The Australian