Australia completes 251-point strata EV fit‑out
Australia’s largest strata EV charger project installed 251 charging points in a multi‑unit complex, providing a playbook for safe, large-scale residential charging rollouts in apartment buildings (x.com). The project underscores rising demand and technical approaches for multi‑tenant EV infrastructure rather than individual garage installs.
NOX Energy and Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen formally launched the Sierra Hawthorn EV-enabled building in Hawthorn, Melbourne on 18 March 2026. (noxenergy.com.au) The development’s carpark work equipped every one of the site’s 241 residential apartments and its five commercial tenancies with NOX hardware, with additional commercial-grade kit installed for business tenancies. (zecar.com) Residential charging uses NOX Energy’s Intelligent Power Sockets (IPS) rated at entry-level output (reported as 10A/2.4kW per apartment) paired to a cloud management platform that meters usage and bills occupants individually. (zecar.com) NOX described the technical approach as smart load management that avoids major substation upgrades by balancing demand across sockets in real time rather than allocating full dedicated circuits to each bay. (noxenergy.com.au) The rollout is part of ARENA’s “Accelerating EV Adoption: Unlocking EVs for Strata Residents” program, under which NOX has been granted about A$1.5 million to deploy roughly 2,000 charging devices across Australian strata buildings. (noxenergy.com.au) NOX reported the Sierra Hawthorn electrical fit-out cost about A$300,000 and said on-site installation work was carried out by ModTech Group using stainless-steel vertical bollards from SSAF and MSI commercial chargers for tenants. (thedriven.io) Founder Wylie Chak said NOX’s sales cycle compressed from roughly six months in 2025 to about six weeks in 2026, and Minister Bowen framed the project as a demonstration to reassure strata committees and insurers about practical, low-cost residential EV charging. (thedriven.io)
