We aired Part 1 on Monday 6th May, host Caroline Falls and Tim Washington talked about why Australia is set to buck trends of the US and UK where EV sales are slowing.

This time, they talk about the Charge-as-a-Service business model JET Charge has dreamed up and won support for — a three-year trial — from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

“The trial is designed to break down the last barrier for transition. Essentially, what we're trying to do is to get the cost of infrastructure and the cost of electricity below the cost of refuelling your petrol or diesel vehicle. We know that for more modern electric vehicles, especially affordable electric vehicles, total cost of ownership over a five-year period is at parity or lower now for a lot of fleets. But charging infrastructure is still one of those things where there's quite a bit of expenditure upfront. 

“And so what we're trying to do is to basically get that cost down and take away those reasons to not transition.”