Z Energy plans to have EV chargers available at 20% of its New Zealand service stations by the end of this year.
“Charging an EV should be as simple as filling your car up with petrol,” says Z EV charging head Kieran Turner.
“This roll-out is our commitment to EV drivers. It’s us saying, ‘We want to make the charging experience as good as possible’.
‘We’ve always said we’ll support customers in how they move around Aotearoa, and this is part of that.”
With EV chargers planned for nearly 40 different sites, Z aims to not only make the experience a pleasant one – with large bays into which drivers can more easily charge their EVs – but also to reduce anxiety for EV drivers.
Turner says range anxiety remains one of the barriers to EV ownership – the fear of running out of charge on a long drive and being unable to find a charging point.
“If you have an EV, a lot of planning goes into journeys at the moment. Drivers are having to spend a lot of time before they set off looking up where charging locations are and planning where they’ll stop,” says Turner. Z intends to have sites all around the country where EV drivers can charge.
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