Charging stations proving popular
Network Waitaki chief executive Geoff Douch. PHOTO: REBECCA RYAN Over the past four years, use of Network Waitaki’s electric vehicle fast-charging stations has more than quadrupled. After offering free use of the stations since 2017, the trust-owned lines company started charging users of its four 50kW fast-chargers in the Waitaki district from April 1. Network Waitaki chief executive Geoff Douch said the company’s challenge was to meet the demand of increasingly high usage, expand its fast-charger network, and ease congestion at existing stations. The company’s four chargers – in Oam...