If you live in a big city, finding a charger for your electric vehicle (EV) isn't hard. But drive a few hours in any direction and the story changes.

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For most regional Australians, the nearest public charger is still a detour, not a stop on the way. And for anyone planning a long road trip, the chargers along the route fade for hundreds of kilometres at a time.

An electric car charges at a service station. Shutterstock

A new interactive EV charging monitor I helped develop shows, for the first time, just how uneven the network really is. This map refreshes daily, pulling live inf

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