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As electric vehicle ownership accelerates in Australia, new EV owners face the challenge of charging their cars as cheaply and conveniently as possible. <\/p>\n
Update June 2023:<\/strong> Charge HQ Exits Beta, Introduces $7 per month subscription<\/a>.<\/p>\n The cheapest way to charge an electric car in Australia is – when possible – \u00a0to take advantage of negative wholesale electricity prices through a service such as Amber. \u00a0You can get paid for filling up your car.<\/p>\n The next cheapest electricity source for your EV is home solar<\/a> followed by off-peak electricity.<\/p>\n Charging from solar panels can be achieved with a hardware solution – just look for a charger with ‘smart solar’ charging on our EV charger comparison table<\/a>. Almost all electric cars will also let you charge from off-peak via simple timers.<\/p>\n But what if you want to combine solar charging and Amber? Or what if you need to coordinate a home battery into the mix?<\/p>\n Depending on your hardware mix, that can get difficult really quickly:<\/p>\n