VIC EV tax to be refunded, plus minimum reliability & usability standards for EV chargers

Good news for Victorians like me who paid the EV road usage tax last year and the year before - confirmation that what we paid due to an unconstitutional law is getting refunded and there will be interested add on. Don't have a date or how the interest will be calculated (this article reckons the treasurer said it could several months to identify who is owed money), but I'm happy to get my ~$1,500 back soon. I'm also happy that federal and state governments are going to add provisions such as a 98% uptime standard, multiple ports, the switch to a common payment system and more CCS plugs to future EV charger grants. The linked article is a bit thin on other details (like which grants will this apply to?) and simply quotes a "spokesperson" for the energy minister, but it's nice to see them at least contemplating a minimum set of standards for public EV charging in Australia.


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