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New fast EV chargers at Cabarita Beach. Photo supplied.

Nearly 700 new public kerbside electric vehicle charging stations are to be installed across NSW, in what the government says is the largest rollout in the country.

NSW Minister for Climate Change and Energy Penny Sharpe issued a media release Monday saying the scheme would help the nearly 30 per cent of NSW drivers who didn’t have access to private, off-street parking to charge electric vehicles.

The 671 new chargers are to be installed across 391 locations in the following 16 local government areas: Blacktown City; Burwood Council; The City Of Sydney; Georges River; Inner West; Ku-ring-gai; Lane Cove; Liverpool City; Mosman; City of Newcastle; North Sydney; Northern Beaches; Randwick City; Waverley; Willoughby City; and Woollahra.

EV charging stations have previously been installed in Newcastle and on the Northern Rivers as part of a pilot scheme.

The new chargers are to be installed over the next 12-months and to be open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The government says the scheme is part of its election commitment to increase the take up of EVs by investing $4.1 million to install 671 EV charging ports at 391 sites across the state, matched by $8 million in private investment.



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