More electric utes and chargers needed in regional towns

Electric utes are perfectly suited to driving in regional Australia but the country needs policy changes and more public chargers to encourage the transport trend, according to a renewable energy group.

Solar Citizens called for changes as it prepared to complete a six-month electric ute roadshow on Friday that has taken technology through towns in NSW, Victoria and the ACT.

The group’s clean transport campaigner Ben Lever said the demonstration not only proved electric utes were suitable for use in country areas but there was a demand for the vehicles waiting to be fulfilled.

The tour comes months before Australia is expected to have a fuel efficiency standard introduced to encourage more automakers to bring electric utes into the country.