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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Peter Hannam

Electric car-ready homes will help firm up the power grid, Ed Husic says

A JET Charge EVlink connected to a Nissan Leaf electric car
New rules to make apartment buildings ‘electric vehicle-ready’ should be extended to all new housing, science minister Ed Husic says. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Australia’s first mandate to make new apartment buildings “electric vehicle-ready” should be extended to all new housing, potentially turning entire suburbs into virtual batteries supporting the power grid, the federal science minister said.

Ed Husic helped helm Friday’s gathering of federal, state and territory building ministers in Sydney, where it was agreed to amend the national construction code to require new apartment blocks to be capable of charging cars in all their parking spots.

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