Exploring the feasibility of electric vehicle travel for remote communities in Australia
Remote communities in Australia face unique mobility challenges that stand to be further complicated by the transition from Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles to Electric Vehicles (EVs). EVs offer a range of advantages that include lower maintenance requirements and independence from costly, dangerous and polluting petroleum imports that have long been burdensome for remote communities. Yet the adoption of electric vehicles in Australia has been slow by international standards, and what policy strategies do exist tend to focus on incentivizing uptake among urban residents with the means to afford new technologies, potentially leaving remote communities in the 'too hard basket'. In this study we assess the feasibility of EVs for a sample of communities in remote Australia using Geographic Information System analysis of travel distances between communities and service hub towns utilizing present-day EV specifications and charging technologies. We show that while EV travel is often not currently feasible for trips to large service hub towns using low-range vehicles, over 99% of communities and residents considered would be able to travel to their nearest small service hub town with existing long-range EVs. This finding suggests that while the barriers to the electrification of transport in remote communities are significant, they are not insurmountable and are deserving of consideration in national and state policy developments in the deployment of charging infrastructure.
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