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Please advise about installation of EV chargers in apartment complexes.
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Please advise about installation of EV chargers in apartment complexes.
In a nutshell, changes to common property that allow the installation of EV charging is considered a sustainability issue and therefor approvals only require a simple majority at a general meeting, not a special resolution super-majority, as this article explains.
Also, there are changes to the laws working their way through parliament at the moment that mean your owners corp will need to have very strong and valid reasons for refusing an installation. Petrol heads’ vague concerns about fires and electrical overload won’t cut it.
Finally, smart schemes are moving away from the “petrol pump” mentality of fast chargers in the car park to low voltage chargers in car spaces, which use off-peak electricity to charge your car while you are tucked up in bed. They cost about one-tenth to install and are cheaper to run.
There is a whole other discussion on this going on HERE which is also enlightening.
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