Queensland's Electric Super Highway

Plan your next electric vehicle road trip or find your closest charging station.

The Queensland Electric Super Highway connects electric vehicle drivers across our state and includes fast charging locations at a range of coastal and inland locations.

The fast chargers are installed in convenient, safe locations close to major highways where there are existing amenities, such as cafes, restaurants and shops. The sites allow you to easily charge your vehicle, enjoy a short break and to prepare for a safe onward journey.

Connecting more regional Queensland locations—Phase 3

Phase 3 of the Queensland Electric Super Highway will add 23 locations to the existing network to link more regional and rural locations. It will deliver further connections along the Queensland/New South Wales border with 2 charging site locations planned at Goondiwindi and Stanthorpe.

Once completed, Phase 3 will connect electric vehicle drivers across a range of routes—from Brisbane to Mount Isa (via the Dinosaur Trail locations), Goondiwindi to Emerald, Cunnamulla to Barcaldine and Longreach to Cairns. View a map of the Queensland Electric Super Highway, including Phase 3 Western Queensland locations.

A number of these fast-charging stations have been commissioned, including:

• Barcaldine
• Blackall
• Charleville
• Charters Towers
• Cloncurry
• Cunnamulla
• Dingo
• Esk
• Hughenden
• Julia Creek
• Kingaroy
• Longreach
• Miles
• Mount Isa
• Richmond
• St George
• Stanthorpe
• Winton
• Goondiwindi

The number of fast-charging locations delivered as part of Phase 3 will continue to grow, with stations being established in even more areas in Queensland, including in rural and regional locations. The fast-charging sites in the following locations are expected to be progressively commissioned throughout December 2024 to April 2025:

• Roma—expected to be commissioned in December 2024.
• Injune—expected to be commissioned in February 2025.
• Emerald—expected to be commissioned in April 2025.
• Rolleston—expected to be commissioned in April 2025.

Once completed, Phase 3 will enable Queenslanders and tourists to travel across the state and access a fast-charging infrastructure network at 54 locations across Queensland.

Phase 3 locations are progressively coming online and once they are finalised, the specific locations will be communicated on the Chargefox and PlugShare Apps and websites.

The previously listed Kynuna site has been removed from QESH Phase 3 due to the inability of the current local energy network to support fast charging. Kynuna is to receive a charging site as part of the national electric vehicle fast charging network, under the Driving the Nation Fund Commonwealth Government program.

On 27 May 2024, the QESH Phase 1 site in Hamilton was decommissioned to facilitate the new Bluey’s World attraction. A new site in Hamilton (at Dock A Car Park, corner of Wharf Street and MacArthur Avenue) is planned to be delivered by December 2024.

Accessing the Queensland Electric Super Highway

To access the Queensland Electric Super Highway charging stations you will need to have a Chargefox account. The app can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play.

You can also check the status of charging site locations through the Chargefox App.

More charging locations

As well as Queensland Electric Super Highway charging stations, there is an increasing number of public charging sites available and continuing to come online across Queensland.

Visit A Better Routeplanner and PlugShare, a world-wide electric vehicle charging station app and online tool for more charging locations.

Under the Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan, the Queensland Government is investing $30 million to install up to 500 electric vehicle chargers in government buildings where the community can access them, for example:

• at hospitals
• training centres
• museums
• convention centres
• shopping centres
• car parks
• tourist locations.

Visit Charging ahead to our renewable energy future for more information about the initiative.

Safety at charging stations

When using the charging stations, follow all instructions displayed at the station including:

• use only as intended and with due care
• only cables and cars which use the charging connections available can be charged at the stations
• for DC fast charging use the cables attached to the charger
• for AC charging use your own charging cable or adapter that supports the Mennekes/Type 2 socket
• connect the cable to your vehicle's charging point
• activate 'charging' on the charging point
• if you are unsure if your vehicle supports AC charging or DC fast charging please check your vehicle's handbook before using.

Electric vehicle models in Australia must comply with the appropriate vehicle safety standards. Electric vehicles present no greater fire risk than existing petrol and diesel vehicles.