Grants to build public fast EV charging stations at dealerships and EV repairers

You can apply if you:

• have an Australian business number (ABN)
• have an account with an Australian financial institution
• are an entity, incorporated in Australia.

You can’t apply if you are:

• an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s list of Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme
• an employer of 100 or more employees that has not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act (2012)
• a Regional Development Australia Committee
• a non-corporate Commonwealth entity.

Partner with other organisations

You can partner with one or more other organisations that also meet the eligibility criteria. But you must decide who the lead organisation is.

The lead organisation must fill out the application form.

If we give your group the grant, the lead organisation:

• signs the grant agreement
• is responsible for making sure your group follows the rules in the grant agreement.

You must complete your project by 31 March 2029.

Your project must:

• support preparation, construction and installation of charging stations at automotive dealership and EV repairer premises in metro, regional and journey enablement areas as identified in the EVCI Mapping Tool
• meet the Minimum Operating Standards (MoS) for government-funded charging stations and minimum project delivery requirements
• include charging station(s) with at least one Combined Charging System (CCS) Type 2 plug for each charging bay
• include a minimum of 25 charging bays.

The eligible charging stations must be installed at a site that is a dealership or EV repairer premises.

Dealership or EV repairer premises means:

• a place of business of a dealership or EV repairer; and/or
• any land that: 
  • is directly adjacent to or across a road from that place of business of a dealership or EV repairer; and 
  • the dealership or EV repairer has the necessary right or consent to install charging stations on.

Each eligible organisation can only receive one grant under the DRIVEN Charger Grant Stream (as determined by the organisations ABN). If you submit more than one application under the same ABN, only the application submitted closest to the application closing date will be considered for funding.

The maximum grant amount is $8 million.

The grant amount will be dependent on the zone in which the proposed stations are located, up to 80% of total eligible project expenditure. These zones are based on the EVCI Mapping Tool current at the time of your application.

The level of grant funding support available under the DRIVEN Charger Grant Stream is:

• for metropolitan zones: up to 50% of eligible expenditure per charging station
• for regional and journey enablement zones: up to 80% of eligible expenditure per charging station.

Grant funding must only be used for eligible expenditure directly related to the delivery of charging stations at an eligible site.

Eligible expenditure items include:

• EV supply equipment such as charging stations, including cables, charging plug(s) and port(s)
• associated civil works (e.g. charging bays, trenching, bollards, signage, lane markings)
• electricity network connections specific to the project site (including associated network upgrades)
• installation activities
• on-site battery.