Tech Stream

Electric cars for Canberra

14 August 2009

Listen and download: MP3

Plug it in: goodbye petrol, hello electricity from renewable sources.

The infrastructure required to support battery-powered electric cars is being rolled out in Australia, with the national’s capital the first city to take part in the project.   Better Place Australia will begin building an the electric vehicle recharge network in Canberra in 2011 and start supporting customers who have electric vehicles by 2012.

I asked their director of government affairs Guy Pross how the system will work and why Canberra was chosen for this initial roll-out. You can hear the full interview via the MP3 at the top of this post.