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EV Boom Strains City Charging Networks

EV Boom Strains City Charging Networks

Business — Article16.com picture desk

Registrations are up forty per cent year on year, and kerbside chargers are not keeping pace in three of the largest metros.

Operators are switching to overnight fleet charging and pricing that rewards off-peak use.

What we know

Reporters spoke to officials, operators and analysts directly involved, and reviewed documents published this week. Figures quoted in this piece are the most recent available and will be updated as new data lands.

We are not forecasting a boom — we are saying the risk of a hard landing has fallen, which is a different and more useful sentence.

What happens next

Analysts will watch next month's labour numbers and the next inflation print for confirmation. Until then, treat the move as a repricing rather than a new trend.

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