JET Charge to supply EV chargers for WA electric highway
Aussie firm wins contract to install 98 electric vehicle chargers around Australia’s biggest stateWestern Australia’s electric highway is another step closer to fruition with JET Charge being awarded the contract to supply 98 electric vehicle chargers at 49 locations around the state, spanning Kununurra in the north, Albany in the south and Eucla in the east.
Set to measure more than 6600km in length, the $4.1 million electric highway will be the longest of its type in the world and forms part of the WA state government’s wider $43.5 million EV infrastructure investment.
The chargers themselves will be a combination of standard and 150kW DC fast-chargers – powered by Synergy and Horizon Power – with installation set to start in November ahead of the network being fully operational by 2024.
“WA’s EV fast charging network is an important step to boost our uptake of electric vehicles, enabling drivers to travel the vast distances around the State more easily,” WA premier Mark McGowan said in a statement.
“This will help to reduce carbon emissions, as WA transitions to net zero by 2050.”
WA energy minister Bill Johnston added that each charging station would be less than 200km apart on average, meaning owners of EVs at the lower end of the driving range scale, like the Mazda MX-30 Electric and MINI Cooper SE, will be able to travel across the state in relative confidence.
According to JET Charge CEO Tim Washington, this sort of project is what the company was founded to facilitate, with the primary goal being “to accelerate the transition to low emissions vehicles in Australia by breaking down the barriers to EV charging”.
“JET Charge are so proud to be involved with a landmark EV charging network that features a lot of Australian made innovation, and will absolutely smash those barriers allowing people to drive EVs all over the great state of Western Australia,” he said.
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