The apartment EV charging guide.
Everything a resident, owner or committee member needs to understand — and approve — EV charging in an apartment building. Free to read, share and forward to your committee.
1. Why buildings get stuck
Car parks and the electrical infrastructure that would feed a charger sit on or cross common property, so an individual resident can't simply install one — it needs body corporate approval. Committees, in turn, hesitate for three understandable reasons: the capital cost, uncertainty about electrical safety and insurance, and having no one whose job it is to make it happen. The result: buildings full of people who'd drive an EV tomorrow if they could charge it tonight.
2. The fix: charging as a service
Plug Together removes all three blockers at once. We fund the installation, we manage the licensed trades, compliance and insurance documentation, and we operate the service long term — monitoring, maintenance, billing and support. The body corporate approves a proposal from a single accountable provider; it doesn't run a construction project or buy hardware.
3. How the shared bay works day to day
We install a 22 kW AC charger in one or more designated common bays. Participating residents use the bay in rotation: park, plug in overnight, move on. A typical driver (~12,500 km a year) needs about one substantial overnight session a week, so one charger comfortably serves several EVs. Fair-use rules, app-based availability, a post-charge grace period and an idle fee keep the bay rotating and available.
4. What it costs
For the building: in our standard offer, little to nothing upfront — we fund the equipment and installation and recover our investment through the energy price over a multi-year agreement. Structures where the building contributes in exchange for better terms are also available.
For residents: no hardware to buy. You pay per kilowatt-hour, priced for everyday use and competitive against public fast charging once you count the detours and queueing — and far more convenient.
5. How approval happens in Queensland
Under Queensland's body corporate legislation, smaller common-property spends can typically be approved by the committee, while larger ones go to an ordinary resolution at a general meeting. We prepare the paperwork for whichever path applies to your building — the proposal, compliance and insurance documentation, and ready-to-table motion wording — and we're available to answer committee questions directly.
6. What you can do right now
- Register your interest — two minutes, no commitment. Committees act on visible demand, and each registration builds the case for your building.
- Talk to your neighbours — every EV (or EV-curious) household you find makes the proposal stronger.
- Raise it with your committee — forward this page, or ask us to help you raise it: we'll give you a pre-drafted email and handle the follow-up questions ourselves.
- On the committee? Request a free site assessment — a short visit and a written summary you can circulate.