A second provider of chargers for electric vehicles (EVs) is coming to Canterbury.

Orion chief executive Rob Jamieson said it would install up to five fast-chargers and more standard chargers around Christchurch and surrounding areas by the end of 2016.

The announcement comes less than two weeks after Charge.net.nz announced it would install an electric car charging station at Z Energy on Moorhouse Ave by the end of February.

The company is installing one new station around New Zealand every two weeks, with 100 already built. Its website maps where these stations are being installed over four years.

Jamieson said Orion’s new charging stations would cost the lines company “several hundred thousand dollars”. Its fast chargers might be installed near cafes, while slower chargers might go into car parks near shopping malls or busy parks.

Electric vehicles were the future and Orion had taken a “build and they will come” approach, Jamieson said. It hoped to do the “seeding” for other investors considering building their own charging stations, he said.

Orion has not yet decided its charging rate. It knew existing electric vehicle drivers could charge their cars more cheaply overnight at home but it wanted people to “have the freedom to go where they want, when they want”.

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