EV Charging Stations and Roadside Assistance in Albury-Wodonga

Albury-Wodonga is where the Hume Highway’s charging is densest, which is exactly what a border city halfway between Sydney and Melbourne should be. Within 25 km of central Albury, Open Charge Map lists eight public charging locations as of September 2026, five of them DC fast, split evenly across the Murray: a Tesla Supercharger in Albury’s CBD that opened as Australia’s largest, a 350 kW Chargefox site at the Barnawartha North junction, and Evie’s new 150 kW site in Wodonga. Two motoring clubs cover the twin cities, NRMA on the New South Wales side and RACV in Victoria, and both cover EVs. The Hume in either direction is well charged. The roads into the High Country are not.

EV charging stations in Albury-Wodonga

In town, the Albury Supercharger in the Commercial Club car park on Stanley Street is the landmark: it opened in December 2023 as the largest Supercharger site in the country at the time, with 16 bays of V4 hardware at up to 250 kW, and Tesla lists it as open to non-Tesla vehicles with CCS compatibility through the Tesla app. Being a block from the main street, it doubles as the city’s best long-stay charger for anyone doing lunch. Across the river, Tesla’s original Wodonga Supercharger on Havelock Street is a different generation, six stalls at up to 120 kW, and is not listed as open to other brands.

The ultra-rapid site for through traffic is Chargefox’s Barnawartha North station, 17 km west of Albury where the Murray Valley Highway meets the Hume: two 350 kW ABB chargers with liquid-cooled cables, among the first of their kind in Australia when they went in during 2019, plus two 50 kW Tritium units, with CCS2 and CHAdeMO across the site. It is club-backed, so RACV, NRMA and the other motoring clubs’ members get 10 per cent off by linking their membership in the Chargefox app. Placed on the Victorian side of the junction, it is the natural stop for anyone heading to Melbourne or turning west along the Murray.

Wodonga gained a proper fast-charging site in 2026: Evie lists four 150 kW CCS2 bays at Wodonga West on Melbourne Road, which Open Charge Map recorded in July. On the Albury side, Chargefox runs a 50 kW CCS2 and CHAdeMO unit at the Albury Waste Management Centre on Mudge Street in Hamilton Valley, an unglamorous but reliable council site. Slower AC charging is thin: an Exploren 22 kW socket at the Albury Showground and four 11 kW sockets at Foodworks Baranduda. The only listing Open Charge Map flags as free is a resort’s 7 kW units in Lavington, marked for guests and visitors only, which does not count as public charging in our book.

The regional picture on the Victorian side, including every fast charger in the High Country, is on our Wangaratta and High Country charger page; the Riverina towns north are on the Riverina page. If the apps-and-plugs side of public charging is new to you, our guide to public EV charging in Australia covers how each network works and what fast charging costs, typically between about 50 and 80 cents per kWh as of August 2026.

EV roadside assistance options in Albury-Wodonga

The border matters here, so take it in two halves. NRMA is the New South Wales club and the default choice for Albury residents. Every NRMA Roadside Assistance plan covers battery electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid cars at no extra cost, with unlimited callouts, and if you run out of charge NRMA will either send a mobile EV charger where one is available or tow you to the nearest charger. Metro towing allowances run from 25 km to 100 km depending on the plan. Our NRMA EV roadside guide sets out each plan.

RACV is Victoria’s club and the default for Wodonga. It assists EVs at no extra cost on all three plans, and its Total Care tier includes up to 200 km of out-of-charge towing for battery electric vehicles, the most generous EV-specific allowance of any Australian club. RACV’s own guidance names the Hume to Albury as exactly the run where that 200 km matters. Our RACV EV roadside guide has the tiers.

Reciprocal arrangements between the clubs mean either one helps you on either side of the Murray, so join the club for the state your car is registered in rather than the one whose chargers you use most. For how club cover compares with insurer add-ons and the manufacturer programs bundled with new EVs, see our complete guide to EV roadside assistance in Australia; all of those operate normally in both cities. Keep the risk in proportion: the bulk of EV roadside work remains flat 12-volt batteries, tyres and lockouts, identical to petrol cars.

Mobile EV charging in Albury-Wodonga

Neither club’s mobile charging reaches here yet. NRMA’s mobile EV chargers launched in Sydney and Canberra, and RACV’s mobile DC fast charger is a single-vehicle trial with no published operating area. The commercial operator Mobile EV Charging lists both states, but its no-call-out-fee radius is 20 to 50 km from a capital city CBD and Albury is more than 300 km from Melbourne’s and more than 500 from Sydney’s, so do not plan around it. A flat battery here means a tow, and in a city with a 16-bay Supercharger a block from the main street, it is a short one. The national state of play is in our mobile EV charging guide.

Charging on Albury-Wodonga’s main routes

Hume Highway (M31) south to Melbourne. About 325 km and the best-charged road in the country. Barnawartha North’s 350 kW is 17 km out, then Evie’s 50 kW at Chiltern, Evie’s 50 kW at Wangaratta about 75 km down, BP Pulse’s 75 kW pairs at Glenrowan on both carriageways, Evie at Benalla, and Chargefox’s 350 kW plus Tesla’s 120 kW at Euroa around the halfway mark. On our Melbourne to Canberra route data, which uses this stretch, the longest gap between chargers is 62 km. Our Melbourne guide covers the city end.

Hume Highway (M31) north to Sydney. About 560 km, and just as well stepped: Holbrook’s Tesla Supercharger and NRMA site about 60 km out, Evie’s 350 kW at the Tarcutta Roadhouse near 110 km, NRMA and Tesla at Gundagai, then Yass and Goulburn on the way to Sydney. On our Sydney to Melbourne route data the longest gap on the whole 878 km run is 68 km. Charge at Stanley Street or Barnawartha North before you leave and the highway looks after itself.

Olympic Highway (A41) north to Wagga Wagga. About 125 km with nothing on our data at Culcairn or Henty. Wagga has a Tesla Supercharger and an NRMA site at the far end. Leave with the leg in the battery.

Riverina and Murray Valley Highways west to Howlong, Corowa and Rutherglen. Barnawartha North is the last fast charger, and on our data there is nothing at Howlong, Corowa or Rutherglen. The wineries are a day trip, not a range problem, but do the loop on a full battery and do not count on finding a charger among the cellar doors.

Kiewa Valley Highway and the road to Beechworth, Bright and the snow. The one to plan. Chargefox’s 50 kW at Yackandandah about 30 km out and Evie’s 50 kW at Beechworth around 40 km are the last fast chargers on our data before Myrtleford, Bright, Mount Beauty and the climbs to Falls Creek and Mount Hotham, none of which have a fast charger in our dataset. Winter costs range twice, once for the cold and once for the climb, so leave Albury-Wodonga full, top up at Beechworth or Yackandandah, and plan to charge at your accommodation. Our High Country charger page has what exists.