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Public electric vehicle (EV) charging

Charge your EV on the go

With thousands conveniently located across Australia, public chargers make it easy to charge your EV out-of-home.

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Find an EV public charger nearby

PlugShare makes it easy to find a public charger in your neighbourhood or on-the-go.

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Easy on-street charging with AGL kerbside chargers

Do you live in Sydney? We operate over 150 public chargers on local kerbsides for convenient charging near home without installing your own charger.

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How to use public chargers

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Connect to the charger

If it doesn’t have its own cable, bring your own charging cable to connect your EV to the charger.

Start charging and pay

In most cases you need to download the charging provider’s app to find instructions, charging start and pay.

Check progress

Monitor progress on your car's display screen or in the provider’s app if there's one available.

Stop and unplug

Select Stop charging and/or Unplug cable on your car's display screen, unplug the cable.

Public charger types, costs and charge times

  AC chargers - public, slower DC chargers - fast and superfast
Where At workplaces, shopping centres and on kerbsides On highways, service stations or in commercial settings
Cost1 Around $0.30-$0.50 per kWh Around $0.50-$0.90 per kWh
Charge time2 Around 1-2.5 hours for 100km of range Around 5-40 mins for 100km of range

Example: Cost of a full charge

Here’s what it would cost for a Tesla model 3/RWD at an example DC fast charger.

The size of the battery is multiplied by the rate of the public charger to get the cost of a full charge.

An EV plugged into an AGL branded public charger

62 kWh

Battery capacity

$0.653

Rate per kWh

$32.50

Cost to fully charge

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Save on rapid EV charging at bp pulse

Get 6c/kWh off EV charging at bp pulse locations. Discount ends 5 June 2026. For AGL residential customers who activate the offer via My Account or the AGL app.⁴

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Help & Support

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Important things to know

1Pricing is indicative only. The cost of public charging always depends on the rate of the individual charger you’re using. This varies between charging providers, with charger speed, time of day and other factors.

2These charge times assume an EV efficiency rate of 17 kWh/100km and a charging speed of between 7 kW and 22 kW for AC charging or 40 kW and 350 kW for DC charging.

3Note that this is just an example charging rate within the typical rate for fast public chargers.

4bp pulse EV charging discount ends 5 June 2026. Offer for residential AGL customers who activate the Offer via AGL My Account or the AGL app and register and download the bp pulse app. Offer will cease if you leave AGL as a residential customer or if you delete your digital account via the settings in your AGL app. Limit of one offer per customer. Not transferable. Offer available at bp pulse locations. Offer may be varied or withdrawn at any time. View full terms and conditions (PDF).