The ACT Government’s move to electric vehicles has taken a leap forward with two new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations installed at Holt.
Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Shane Rattenbury said the stations were part of the growing ACT Government fleet network of 46 charging stations.
He said the network would be fully operational over the coming weeks, with more stations set to be installed in 2020.
“It comes as the ACT looks to further our climate action efforts ahead of reaching our 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2020 target,” Mr Rattenbury said.
“By 2020 the ACT will be powered by 100 per cent renewable electricity, after which time our biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions – at over 60 per cent – will come from transport,” he said.
“As we move away from a reliance on fossil fuels, we’re leading by example in transitioning our fleet to electric vehicles.”
Mr Rattenbury said zero emissions vehicles caused less air and noise pollution, had lower running costs, didn’t incur stamp duty and received a 20 per cent discount on registration fees.
He said there were over 330 privately registered EV’s in the ACT, including 90 plug-in hybrids.
Mr Rattenbury said the owners of privately registered EV’s have access to 29 public charging stations in the region.
