The survey has now closed.

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on electric vehicles and the availability of public charging infrastructure.

108 people responded to Council’s ‘Electric Vehicle Charging in the Tweed’ survey. Responses highlighted the spread of community opinion about purchasing an electric vehicle (EV) as their next car purchase: 56.5% in favour, 38.9% not in favour, 4.6% unsure.

For those interested in purchasing an EV as their next car, 72% said that increased availability of public charging stations would influence their decision to purchase an EV.

Just over half of survey respondents thought that Tweed Shire Council should help facilitate more public EV charging for the community, focusing on:

identifying potential Council/public land sites suitable for EV charging operators to lease

encouraging local businesses to apply for EV charger installation grants

seeking grants for public user-pays EV charging

promoting awareness of EV charging locations.

Allocating ratepayer funds for user-pays public EV charging was the least preferred option.

The survey findings align with opportunities and initiatives Council is currently pursuing:

7 sites are being considered for pole-mounted ‘destination’ chargers, to be built, owned and operated by a third party selected/managed by Essential Energy

Promoting NSW government grants for ‘destination’ chargers via Council’s Business e-newsletter

Promoting awareness of EV charging locations via Council’s website and Sustainability & Environment e-newsletter

Establishing TSC’s costing and revenue collection systems and third-party monitoring, maintenance, management arrangements for new operational/grant-funded publicly available EV chargers at Council facilities where applicable.

Electric vehicle charging community survey