Tasmania has continued the charge with electric vehicles after Evie Networks unveiled another fast-charging station for electric vehicles at Westbury IGA.
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Alex Vander Wijngaart purchased a Hyundai Ioniq Electric over 18 months ago and said he would never look back.
"We liked the idea of an electric car, we figured if you're going to go electric you might as well just go all the way rather than having a petrol engine in the car," he said.
"We'd never go back to the petrol car after having this it is just too nice to drive."
He said Tasmania's close proximity between towns and green energy focus made it the perfect place to operate an electric vehicle.
Recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicates that the appetite for electric cars is growing after sales surged across the country for the second year in a row.
The state government's ChargeSmart grants has supported 14 fast-chargers and 23 workplace destination chargers across the state.
Alongside the Westbury IGA station, Evie Networks have built charging stations at Campbell Town and Brighton in recent years.
The success of the Campbell Town charging station is well-known with the highest usage rate out of all Evie chargers across the country.
Evie Networks chief executive Chris Mills said Westbury would build on the success Evie Networks had experienced in the state.
"Westbury has been a rest stop for travelers for thousands of years from the first Australians to bullock drivers, stagecoaches, motor vehicles and now EV drivers. Westbury has become a unique place for tourists in Northern Tasmania," he said.
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More fast charging stations across Tasmania are planned in the coming months as part of the state government's commitment to a second ChargeSmart program.
"We are lucky in Tasmania because we are not faced by travelling long distances, in comparison to the mainland states," Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Guy Barnett said.
"We still need to expand our statewide network to give mid-range electric owners greater confidence."
The plan is expected to target regional areas and tourism destinations to enable electric cars to travel further around the state.
"There's enough [chargers] around the state now that you can visit most parts of the state and by the sounds they're going to be putting them in more remote places," Mr Vander Wijngaart said.
"Tasmania is just the perfect state for these because you're not doing more than a couple of hundred kilometres on a trip anyway ... Tasmania is perfectly suited for it."
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