Electric Vehicles

Mr WHETSTONE (Chaffey) (15:16): My question is to the Minister for Energy and Mining. Can the minister advise the house on how the Marshall Liberal government's electric vehicle statewide charging network is helping South Australia to recover from the pandemic?

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining) (15:17): I thank the member for Chaffey for this question. Our Electric Vehicle Action Plan is going to do a lot for South Australians, including helping to develop a new industry to help us recover even better from COVID than we already are.

We recently announced that we have had over 600 expressions of interest from industry to support the government in the development of a fast recharging network. We have $14.3 million which will go towards this work. In metro areas, the CBD and all over regional South Australia, 530 recharging networks will support local economies, support the electric vehicle industry and support our clean energy transition.