Chip shortages and years of government neglect mean the country is lagging well behind China, Europe and North America
urging sales of electric vehicles show the automotive revolution is coming, but its arrival is being held up by a fundamental problem: a lack of charging stations. This was apparent over the Australian summer when long queues formed at public chargers on holiday travel routes.
The negative messaging had a direct impact on the business sector, says Jafari, which looks for policy stability before making investment decisions, such as building charging infrastructure. Part of the company’s solution is to expand its manufacturing bases, which includes a new plant in the US state of Tennessee that can take some pressure off its Australian facilities and increase overall production.
While policies, such as the national electric vehicle strategy, are now rolling out following last year’s change in federal government, orders for chargers have been flooding in from around the world for years, creating a backlog and putting Australia behind in the global race. Carmakers and battery recharger manufacturers now compete for the same components and there is even a shadow market where dealers buy up semiconductors and on-sell at higher prices.
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