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Solar + EV in One Building: How Smappee Infinity Integrates Panels, Charging and Load Management
Most strata buildings treat solar and EV charging as separate projects, so the solar goes to the grid at a low feed-in rate while the chargers pay full retail. Smappee Infinity puts both on one platform and closes that gap.
Jul 21


Can Your Strata Committee Legally Refuse an EV Charger Request?
A strata committee's refusal isn't automatically the final word. NSW's Right to Charge laws set a legal bar for what counts as a valid objection and most refusals don't clear it.
Jul 14


How to Run a Resident EV Survey: Template, How to Analyse Results, and What to Do Next
A ready-to-use resident EV survey template for strata buildings with a step-by-step method for distributing it, reading the results, and building a proposal your owners corporation will actually approve.
Jul 7


I Want an EV Charger in My Building: A Step-by-Step Guide for Apartment Residents
New NSW legislation has shifted the balance in favour of apartment owners. Here's exactly how to get your charger installed — step by step.
Jun 23


Dynamic Load Management Explained: Why You Cannot Scale EV Charging in an Apartment Building Without It
The question that determines whether an EV charging system works long-term isn't how many chargers you install. It's how power gets shared when residents charge at the same time.
Jun 18


How to Future-Proof Your Development: What Builders and Developers Need to Know About EV Infrastructure in 2026
The right decisions cost almost nothing during construction. The same decisions as a retrofit can cost hundreds of thousands. Here's how to get them right from the ground up.
Jun 10


Your Rights as an EV Owner in a Strata Building
If you own an electric vehicle and live in an apartment in NSW, 2026 is the year the rules finally changed in your favour.
May 28


Switchboard Upgrades for EV Charging: When They're Unavoidable and When Smart Software Replaces Them Entirely
The question isn't whether your building has a switchboard. It's whether it has enough headroom and if not, whether the solution is hardware or software. The Fear That Stops EV Charging Projects Before They Start Ask any strata manager what concerns them most about EV charging infrastructure, and the answer comes up consistently: the switchboard. Specifically, the fear that installing EV chargers will require a full switchboard upgrade — a costly, disruptive exercise that tur
May 19


Balancing the Grid: How EV Charging Will Impact Australia's Power System
By 2030, Australia is tracking towards roughly 1.5 to 2.5 million EVs on the road under mid-to-upper uptake scenarios used by planners and industry. That growth brings opportunity — but also a very specific engineering challenge. A single home charger set at 7 kW draws as much power as an electric oven and ducted air conditioning running simultaneously. Multiply that across a suburb at 6:30 pm, and the strain on local infrastructure becomes significant. If a thousand househol
May 12


Guaranteed Overnight Charge, Zero Disruption: The Altair Story
How VeCharge delivered future-proof EV charging infrastructure across 159 car spaces — without disrupting a single resident. The Project Altair Apartments is a premium residential complex in Sydney comprising 139 residences and 159 car spaces spread across three split levels. Building management came to VeCharge with a clear goal: create a future-proof EV charging backbone so that any bay could receive a compatible smart charger, with a guaranteed minimum overnight top-up of
May 6


ChargeHub Flex vs Smappee Infinity: Which EV Charging Platform Is Right for Your Strata Building?
Once your building's energy assessment is complete and your owners corporation is ready to move forward with EV charging, one question comes up quickly: which platform do we use? It's an important decision. The load management system your building installs will shape how EV charging operates for the next decade — how it scales, how billing works, how it integrates with other building systems, and how much flexibility you retain as demand grows. At VeCharge, we work with two p
May 4


Simplifying the EV Charger Installation Process
Electric vehicles are here to stay. Installing EV chargers is no longer optional. It is essential. The process can seem complex. But it...
Oct 6, 2025


Enabling an EV 100% Ready Building
Together with ChargeWorks, independent consultants in renewable energy solutions, and Karchargers, VeCharge successfully transformed the...
Aug 8, 2023


VeCharge Collaborates with OCN to Empower EV Strata Owners
VeCharge has worked with the Owners Corporation Network on multiple EV Charging Station installations projects. OCN is a not-for-profit...
Jun 6, 2023


Finally buses being converted to 100% electric.
Buses are the highest noise and carbon emission pollution. It’s finally great to see a city converting their bus fleet to a 100%...
Jan 16, 2023
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