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EV chargers for commercial car parks, retail and hospitality

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For retail centres, hotels, tourist attractions and any business with a car park, EV chargers have shifted from a nice-to-have to a reason customers choose you. A driver deciding where to shop, stay or stop for lunch increasingly picks the place they can charge while they're there.

Destination charging keeps people on-site longer

Chargers where people already park — while they shop, eat or stay the night — turn dwell time into charge time. They attract EV-driving customers, keep them on-site longer, and give tenants and staff a genuine perk. In hospitality and retail especially, the charger often pays for itself in foot traffic well before the electricity.

Grants, billing and load management

  • Grants. NSW runs co-funding rounds for destination and public charging sites — we confirm the current round and manage the application.
  • Billing. Chargers can be set to free for customers, paid per session, or validated with a purchase — whatever suits your business model.
  • Load management. Smart sharing keeps multiple chargers within your site's electrical supply, so you rarely need a costly upgrade.

We scope the whole project — power, chargers, payment, signage and grants — and manage the licensed install with a Certificate of Compliance, so it's one accountable partner rather than five separate quotes.

Got a car park to electrify? See our commercial services or book a site assessment.

Common questions

Are there grants for EV chargers in commercial car parks?

NSW runs co-funding rounds for destination and public charging sites. Rounds open periodically — we confirm the current round and manage the application for your site.

How do customers pay to use commercial EV chargers?

However suits your business — free for customers, paid per session, or validated with a purchase. We set the billing model up as part of the project.

Will multiple chargers overload my site's power?

Smart load management shares your available supply across the chargers, so you can run several without a costly supply upgrade in most cases. We check this before quoting.

Want this sorted for your home?

We check every grant you qualify for — free — then install before your car arrives.