The Good Loaf Cafe and Bakery in Bendigo has installed an EV charging point outside the cafe to cater for patrons who wish to charge their vehicles while relaxing over a coffee or meal. Proprietor Laurie Whelan has long had an interest in renewable energy and the effects of climate change, and saw the opportunity to install the point while fitting out the premises.

“We were putting in bike racks and so forth, and I think electric vehicles will be around in increasing numbers in the next few years, so I was keen to cater for them as well here at the bakery”, he said.