Saddler to supercharger: Tenterfield’s Tesla site sparks local debate on EVs
by Michael Burge from on (#66RCY)
The network of EV charging stations across rural NSW is expanding - but not everyone is completely happy about it
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The network of electric vehicle (EV) supercharging' stations in rural New South Wales is expanding, with a multibay site about to open in the New England town immortalised in the Peter Allen song, Tenterfield Saddler.
Yet high diesel costs, anti-renewables sentiment, EV affordability, and calls for more local parking in Tenterfield, all suggest the era of the country fuel stop isn't about to disappear quietly.
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