What is retail & hospitality ev charging?
For a cafe, restaurant, hotel, shopping strip or destination venue, an EV charger is a marketing asset as much as an amenity. EV drivers actively plan stops around where they can charge, and a venue with charging shows up on the apps and maps those drivers use to choose where to spend an hour. EV Install installs customer-facing charging designed to pull EV traffic in and turn a top-up into time spent — and money spent — at your venue.
The commercial logic is dwell time. A driver charging for 30 to 90 minutes is a captive customer: they'll have a meal, browse the shops, order another coffee. Destination AC charging is ideal here because the charge naturally lasts about as long as a good visit, so the charger encourages exactly the dwell you want rather than rushing people off. Position and present it well and it becomes a genuine reason to choose your venue over the one next door without charging.
Branding and payment make it work as a business tool. Many chargers can carry your branding or sit within your loyalty and signage, reinforcing the venue rather than a generic charging company. Payment is flexible: offer charging free for customers as a drawcard, validate it against a purchase, or charge a fee via app/RFID/contactless with full reporting. We set up the tariff model that fits your strategy and give you the usage data to see how the charging is actually driving visits.
We handle the installation end to end to AS/NZS 3000 — assessing your supply, running cabling to the right spot in your car park or frontage, and installing networked units suited to public-facing duty from brands like Ocular IQ, Wallbox and EVSE Australia. Where your site supply or switchboard needs upgrading to support the chargers, we work with trusted Level 2 ASP electricians and manage that process for you, so you get a polished, customer-ready result from a single contractor.
Who it is for
If you run a workplace, manage a car park, operate a fleet or want to attract EV-driving customers, retail & hospitality ev charging turns your site into a charging destination. We scope every project to the number of vehicles, the available electrical supply and how the bays will be used.
Every install is carried out by licensed electricians and completed to AS/NZS 3000 wiring standards. You can read more about electrical licensing in NSW via NSW Fair Trading.
Charger options for retail & hospitality ev charging
We are brand-independent and install the unit that suits you best. Typical fits for this service include Ocular IQ, Wallbox Pulsar Plus, Wallbox Commander 2 and EVSE Australia. Not sure what you need? Our EV charger types guide explains 7.4kW, 11kW and 22kW AC chargers, DC fast charging, and smart vs basic units, and our charger brands page compares Tesla, Wallbox, EVSE Australia and more.
The installation process
- Venue & goal review. We discuss your customers, dwell-time goals and frontage/car-park layout, and assess your supply.
- Charger & brand design. We select destination chargers suited to public duty and set up branding, placement and signage.
- Install & cabling. We run cabling to the chosen location and install the chargers, coordinating any supply upgrade via our Level 2 ASP partner.
- Payment & tariff setup. We configure your payment model — free, validated or paid — with app/RFID/contactless and usage reporting.
- Commission & launch. We test the chargers, confirm payment and visibility on charging apps, and certify the work to AS/NZS 3000.
Electrical requirements
Customer-facing chargers run from the venue commercial supply, each on a dedicated RCBO-protected circuit with OCPP networking for payment and reporting. We assess switchboard capacity and three-phase availability, plan the cable run to the frontage or car park, and add load management where multiple bays are installed. Any supply upgrade is handled via our Level 2 ASP partner. All work is tested and certified to AS/NZS 3000.
Switchboard upgrades. If your property needs a switchboard upgrade before installation, we work with trusted, fully licensed Level 2 ASP electricians to coordinate this seamlessly — we manage the process so you don’t have to deal with a separate trade.
Key benefits
- Show up on EV route-planning apps and draw charging drivers to your venue.
- Destination charging lengthens dwell time — more meals, browsing and spend.
- Branded, on-message chargers that reinforce your venue, not a third party.
- Flexible payment: free drawcard, purchase-validated, or paid with reporting.
- Turnkey install to AS/NZS 3000 from one customer-ready contractor.
What does it cost?
Indicative: project-scoped to the venue. A networked, payment-enabled destination charger typically starts around $2,000–$4,000 installed depending on cable-run distance and branding, with per-unit cost easing across multiple bays. Site-supply or switchboard upgrades are quoted separately via our Level 2 ASP partner.
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