An Australian start-up is gearing up to create a network of super-fast charging stations for electric cars.

Chargefox will construct 21 charging sites on highways between Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, and Brisbane.  The first two will be in Euroa in Victoria and in Barnawartha North just outside Albury-Wodonga on the Victoria-NSW border

More sites are planned for Western Australia.  All will be powered by renewable energy.

"This network will help alleviate that concern by giving motorists comfort they can travel long distances," said Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) Chief Executive Darren Miller.  "Electrification of Australia's transport sector could reduce emissions and dramatically change how we use electricity."  Arena contributed $6 Million of the $15 Million Cgarefox raised to commence building the network.

The "ultra rapid" stations will allow electric vehicles to add up to 400 kilometers of range in a fraction of the time it takes to charge at existing points.