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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Damon Cronshaw

Newcastle can bid for electric vehicle kerbside charger grants

An electric vehicle charger at Wallsend. Picture by Simone De Peak

Newcastle will be eligible for $3 million in NSW government grants for 500 electric vehicle chargers on the "kerbside".

A statement from Energy Minister Penny Sharpe said most electric-vehicle charging was "done at home", but a third of NSW drivers can't do this because they "don't have access to off-street parking".

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