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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Charge an electric car for $5? Energy trial goes public

The EV Power Up program is available to Origin Energy customers and Tesla drivers. (HANDOUT/EVNEX)

A program promising to fully charge an electric car at home for $5 has been opened to the public after two months of testing.

Origin Energy announced the wider launch of its EV Power Up program on Tuesday after trialling the service with 200 drivers from March, and receiving more than 1000 applications for the scheme.

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