Electric Vehicles

South Gippsland Shire Council has installed six electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers across the municipality. These chargers offer public EV charging for visitors and locals alike, and will facilitate increased visitation to the region, by providing crucial charging opportunities for the rapidly-growing EV market.

The locations are:

• Leongatha: at 9 Smith St, in the car park between Council’s Main Office and Woolworths
• Korumburra: at the railway precinct car park, just off Bridge St
• Foster: just off Station Rd, in the car park behind the Uniting Church and shops
• Mirboo North: Baromi Park car park, corner Ridgway and Baths Rd
• Meeniyan: Tompkins Rd car park, behind the shops
• Yanakie: On the road reserve, in front of public toilet / playground

They operate on a cost-recovery basis, with the cost for charging paying for the cost of the electricity as well as ongoing operation and maintenance of the chargers.

These chargers were made possible by funding from the Victorian Government through the Destination Chargers Across Victoria program, as well as the Federal Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure program, and South Gippsland Shire Council thanks them for their support.

Some details:

• Cost to charge: 40c/kWh
• Charger capacity: 60kW DC
• Network: Chargefox
• Payment: via the Chargefox app or using a Chargefox RFID card.
• Plug types: 1 of each CCS2 and ChadeMo at each charger
  • (Except Meeniyan, which has 2x CCS2 and no ChaDeMo plug)
• Parking bays: Two bays at each site, perpendicular parking

More details can be found on the Plugshare website: https://www.plugshare.com/

In addition to Council’s six chargers, a private business (Evie Networks) has installed three 50kW EV chargers on road reserves in the following locations:

• Korumburra: beside the Austral Hotel on South Gippsland Highway
• Leongatha: just down from K-Hub on McCartin St
• Fish Creek: on Foster Road, opposite the Fish Creek