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2026-03-26 22:54 UTC
@alexkidman Ayup. If some council here would bite the bullet and put in 3 or 4 in most short-term council carparks, they could set a trend.
The UK law is a step in the right direction, but doesn't go far enough: should be any publicly available charger, fast or not. And a watchdog should watch the difference in pricing though. Imagine if petrol stations started heavily advertising "make an account and get 5c/l off!" - the fallout would be considerable.
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@alexkidman@aus.social 2026-03-26 22:55
@static In one sense, that already happens -- supermarket fuel vouchers are a style of that, aren't they? There are some regional councils that do have some destination chargers in place -- I recall using one in Albury a little while back -- but I suspect a lot of the pressure there is for more fast charging subsidised infrastructure, which of course costs more and takes longer to roll out...