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Australia's Electric Super Highway to Power EVs Along 1,000 Miles of Coastline

posted by mrpg on Saturday July 29 2017, @05:20PM   
from the where-electrons-flow-in-reverse dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Motorists traveling in electric vehicles along the Queensland coast in Australia's north will soon be able to keep their rides topped up for free, thanks to a new Electric Super Highway. Announced on Thursday, the roadway will be free to use initially, as the state government tries to encourage a shift to greener transport.

The Electric Super Highway will be the world's longest in a single state, according to the Queensland Government. It will see more than 1,000 mi (1,600 km) of coastal roadway between the cities of the Gold Coast and Cairns dotted with fast-charging stations, enabling electric vehicles to be driven from the state's southern border to its far north.
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The energy supplied through the fast-charging stations will be clean, purchased through green energy offsets and credits. Miles cited a recent survey showing 50 percent of Queensland's residents will consider buying an electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid or regenerative braking hybrid in the next two years. Most of those participants said new fast-charging infrastructure would add further motivation.

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• too expensive too expensive (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @06:59PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @06:59PM (#546371)

  My current car cost $15,000 new in 2011. No, it's not a great car, but it's fun to drive. It's a subcompact, so it's little cramped for anybody but small, tiny people like me.

  I can't afford a $35,000+ car, even if I lived in Australia and wanted to do nothing more with my spare time than drive on this highway. I'm sure it's a beautiful stretch of road, but c'est la vie.

  Even if I were in a position to drop $35,000 on a car, I'd want something that the SUVs and Ford F-Teen-Fifties wouldn't shove around so much, not a faggy EV. It sucks being a small, tiny faggot.

  I get tired of being shoved around.

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• Re:too expensive (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday July 29 2017, @08:24PM

  by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday July 29 2017, @08:24PM (#546411) Homepage

  Spoken like a true Aussie.

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• Re:too expensive (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @10:59PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @10:59PM (#546464)

  I read this and.... at the end WTF? This has got to be dick-size subliminal astroturfing or.... WTF?

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