Australia

Canberra announced as the starting point of the national roll-out of the Better Place network

Better Place Australia announced that it has chosen the nation’s capital, Canberra, as the site of its first city-wide roll-out of electric vehicle infrastructure in Australia.

The decision was announced by Better Place founder and Chief Executive Officer, Shai Agassi, with Evan Thornley, head of Better Place Australia and ActewAGL Chief Executive Officer, Michael Costello, the ACT’s electricity retailer and distributor.

“Canberra is a great city to start deploying our vision of zero-emissions mobility. Canberra has a mobile population that demands a viable alternative to allow for both short commutes and longer trips,” said Mr Agassi. “There’s proven demand for EVs in Australia and the people of Canberra are ready for a more sustainable future. That future is electric.”

Download the press release here.

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Better Place Partners to Bring electric vehicles to Australia

We selected Australia, the world's sixth largest country, to show that our model works in any country, regardless of size. If Australia can do it, so can others. We will build an electric vehicle network capable of supporting the switch of Australia's 15 million gas cars to zero emission vehicles.

We have two strong partners: AGL Energy, with Australia's largest portfolio of privately-owned renewable generation; and Macquarie, well known for making smart infrastructure investments around the globe.

AGL will provide all of the renewable energy - from wind and other sources - needed to power the electric vehicles and work with Better Place to optimize the network. Macquarie will provide financial advice to help raise AUD $1 billion for the initial network build.

Moving Australia off oil will benefit the economy and the environment.

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