The station is installed by Visionstream, a network service provider, and is managed by ChargePoint. The charging station will be used for Sydney’s GoGet car share program.
Car share schemes provide a network of vehicles that members can book to use for short periods of time (from one hour to several days). Costs associated with fuel, insurance and maintenance are usually included in the operators’ car hire fees.
The company said that there are about 3,000 individual members of car share companies within the city of Sydney area, the majority with GoGet, including 500 small businesses. The city provides 120 dedicated on-street car share spaces.
Luke Grana, CEO and founder of ChargePoint Australia, said: ”The Sydney installation is a public demonstration of the viability of charging stations with preparations underway for a national rollout.
”ChargePoint is preparing to conduct charging station pilot programs later this year in Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide. The Glebe charging station will provide behavioral and energy usage data which will be vital for effective and efficient energy management and future infrastructure planning.”
The deployment of the ChargePoint networked charging station forms apart of Sydney’s long-term goal to reduce carbon emissions by 70% from 2006 levels by 2030, for which the city is investigating the purchase of retrofitted plug-in hybrid EVs and new EVs for its vehicle fleet.
