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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Michael Burge

Saddler to supercharger: Tenterfield’s Tesla site sparks local debate on EVs

Sandy Flat farmer and coalmine worker Simon Hicks recharging his EV at home using surplus rooftop solar.
Sandy Flat farmer and coalmine worker Simon Hicks recharging his EV at home using surplus rooftop solar. Photograph: Michael Burge/The Guardian

The network of electric vehicle (EV) ‘supercharging’ stations in rural New South Wales is expanding, with a multibay site about to open in the New England town immortalised in the Peter Allen song, Tenterfield Saddler.

Yet high diesel costs, anti-renewables sentiment, EV affordability, and calls for more local parking in Tenterfield, all suggest the era of the country fuel stop isn’t about to disappear quietly.

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