Supporting the use of electric vehicles aligns with Council's Climate Emergency Action Plan 2020-2025 and is a key action of Bayside’s Parking Strategy: Parking Sustainably 2023-2033. The use of electric vehicles will play a vital role in achieving Council’s target of net zero community emissions by 2035.

Australian EV share of new car sales is predicted to reach 8% by 2025 and 27% by 2030. The Victorian State Government has a target for half of new car sales to be zero emissions vehicles (ZEVs) by 2030

Facilitating an increase of EV charging infrastructure is a fundamental step towards the wide-scale uptake of EVs.

Currently there are very few public EV charging stations across Bayside, as shown in this map. An expansion of this network is required to support the desired increase in electric vehicle ownership and usage.

JOLT is an Australian electric vehicle charging network company. In partnership with Council, it is proposing to fully-fund and install nine charging stations in Bayside.

Council will not be contributing financially towards the installation, operation and maintenance of this EV infrastructure.

Council has proposed the locations based on safety and accessibility of sites as well as current and future demand for EV charging.

EV bays are solely for the use of EV vehicles while charging and not internal combustion engine vehicles.

Signage would be installed to inform road users of applicable restrictions.

Yes.

No, Council will not be contributing financially towards the installation, operation and maintenance of this EV infrastructure. Our proposal is only the conversion of the nominated existing parking spaces to ‘EV parking only’.

All customers receive 7kWh of charging free every 24 hours. Once you’ve gone over the 7kWh, you can charge for longer at a set charging rate. JOLT’s current charging rate in Australia is $0.50/kWh, as of February 2024.

Example images of the proposed EV charging stations are shown on the project homepage.

The advertising panel is illuminated and follows the Outdoor Media Association Digital Signage Policy. This means that advertisements are static images rather than animated, are on screen for a fixed amount of time and the screens automatically dim their brightness levels at night to mitigate driver distraction.