"My first one [electric vehicle] had a real-world range of about 350 kilometres and I bought that sort of thinking that would be fine because the plans were that fast chargers would be available,"Mr Borchardt said.
"I'm frustrated, they [public chargers] have been promised and promised but it seems like the can just keeps getting kicked down the road … particularly the Emerald one, it's a major centre,"Mr Borchardt said.
"I haven't even gone out that way because I am worried about charging,"he said.
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