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I have a 7 kW home charger (ChargeMate), also have solar. Pretty much all the time I reduce the charge rate to 3.6 kW so that it chargers at a rate lower than my solar generates. As a start, get a 15A power outlet on a dedicated circuit installed - with the wiring suitable for a 32A load in...

Not sure what the were before, but I just checked in my car and they're mostly between 51c and 68c/kWh.

NRMA locking in their first location in Tassie! https://northernmidlands.tas.gov.au/source-assets/files/2024-Council-Agenda-and-Minutes/2024-04-22-Open-Council-Agenda.pdf...

NRMA locking in their first location in Tassie! https://northernmidlands.tas.gov.au/source-assets/files/2024-Council-Agenda-and-Minutes/2024-04-22-Open-Council-Agenda.pdf...

If it's your first car and you've only just got your license - go for a second hand Tesla. You get all the fun, save $10-20k, and if it already has a few dings or scratches you won't feel bad about adding more. There might be restrictions on P-platers driving certain cars - these are per...

You could get it moved to the NZ forum and pretend you meant to post it there all along ;)

It could be doing the "world tour" route (i.e. Sydney only) then.

Do we know of the ones in China, Japan etc. remained in those countries, and this is a dedicated Australian demo vehicle, or is this a single vehicle doing a "tour" of all Asia Pacific countries? If it's an Aussie one, I expect all showrooms will get a look eventually.

How are deliveries progressing - anyone in Chile taken delivery yet? I'm interested to get confirmation that they do use CCS2. A photo from an article seems to suggest they do (see this post) but can't be sure about Reuters these days!

I'm pretty sure this is it, just wanted to give the benefit of the doubt. I've just looked up a bunch of other future (un-built) superchargers on there, and I'm wondering what the point is. People just check into them by mistake. ONe that does baffle me however, is this one - Scone...

The 2024 Q2 was the one at the UTas campus in Burnie, in fact I just noticed on Plugshare you have used it :) Yeah, you are hearing from the same source as me (Clive at AEVA meetings!) Many of those were supposed to be last year :( But I do hear updates on various sites on occasion so I know...

Does anyone know who "South Melbourne EV Club" is? Trying to work out which is happening out of either: (a) they have inside information on the Apollo Bay supercharger location or (b) they're adding incorrect info to Plugshare

I replied to this one in the Tassie charger thread! Tasmanian Fast / Ultra Fast chargers

Replying from another thread where it was off-topic: I got curious and checked the rate of fast charger openings... So it's been a bit slow but we've had longer droughts! Installing fast chargers is a long process, and we only see the final 10% of it. There are many upcoming sites in...

So it looks like mostly regional locations, 4-8 stalls, and 150 kW units (or as low as 75 kW if sharing) - overall a great addition.

I don't do it either, but other people do, so it needs to be catered for.

I imagine something like this, for smallish trailers anyway: Also depending on how wheel stops and line markings are painted.

Done!

Just noticed this posted by NRMA on Plugshare (for Nullarbor) - explains why it isn't in the app.

Yeah I just noticed that too. Details seems to be listed on notateslaapp now. https://www.notateslaapp.com/software-updates/version/2024.14/release-notes

Thanks - I've set this from "open" to "construction". We do have a new "expanding" status, but that's generally used when the rest of the site remains open as the expansion happens. "temporarily closed" is another one that could be used, but I think "construction" makes the most sense at the...

EHT is doing similar - upgrading some older single stall Tritium sites with Kempower setups, transferring the Tritium equipment as secondary units at other sites. They do have $10k+ of Tritium parts on hand, and if this runs our I expect cannibalising for parts will be the next step...

Wow. Straight from permit to open!

I notice @The_Alfather’s post includes confirmation that Australian vehicles will get adaptive headlights in this version! (Where supported by hardware - approx 2022 onwards)

EV section of the app totally broken: I was just opening it to check which sites were visible - last I checked, Katherine and Alice Springs were on it, but the off-grid sites (Erldunda and Nullarbor) were not.

Notice they are listed as 80 kW per unit, as opposed to 180 kW at Katherine. Maybe a temporary power supply related issue?

The issue that many people have reported with the iPhone app's "climate" page not showing defrost, camp, dog mode etc. appears to also affect the "location" page - where tapping on a supercharger location is supposed to display site details (usage, prices, etc). The map still scrolls to centre...

Not sure if I used the correct location but I've moved it a bit to the north. Let me know if not! (Or @Big Earl, @Guacahummus, @Rovastar and others can also help)

Supercharger voting will probably finish for Q1 any day now. I haven't pushed the voting much (a lot of indecision at the start of the quarter about which sites to include) and I note that no Australia sites are currently in the top 5. (I would like to claim that it's because I didn't promote...

Are you a TOCA member? They have an escalations process with Tesla: https://www.teslaowners.org.au/seeking-assistance

The story is "it wasn't profitable". Totally ignoring the fact that the people stopping were all buying food and drink from their servo...

This email came from Chargefox "on behalf of EHT" - not sure if everyone got it or just people who have usage history of EHT locations on their account. The prices range from 50-75c/kWh depending on the speed. Idle fee is less than the $1/min used elsewhere, but the basic principle is the...

An update on this one: In the middle of last week, the business in Ravensthorpe that hosted this charger suddenly decided they didn't want it anymore and disconnected it/powered it off. This ordinarily wouldn't be an issue, given that the WA EV Network chargers are coming online at a rapid...

Still "Council actions pending" as of the 20 March 2024 meeting.

Ahh, that follow-up post explains why I don’t have it! I previously thought it may have dependent on having an NRMA account number entered in the app or something.

One week later I get an automated “your request has been received and logged with this reference number” email. This could be a slow process…

And speaking of which - here is one of those sites!

supercharge.info has had a major update and has capability for a lot more data: Lots of new data at supercharge.info I’ve gone through all the Australian sites and filled in many of these. If you see any errors feel free to post in the site specific thread, or make a post in this one if you...

I've replied to this post in the thread for the network here: ARENA/NRMA national fast charging network

Replying to a comment in another thread here: Yes - they are 117 sites, with a minimum of 4 plugs at each site (might be 3 CCS / 1 Chademo).

Certainly looks that way. No Plugshare pics, but a comment references 75 kW chargers.

That’s true, Mildura was also a winning location in 2023 Q4 so the fact it was included this round was obviously an error. More generally, there is logic to not push the group voting until the last few weeks, in case one of the voting options suddenly appears in build during the quarter, but...

Coming up to end of quarter, and I haven't really had time to push the supercharger voting this quarter. I don't think I posted in any groups or forums. I've just had a look and no Australian site is anywhere near top 5 (1000+ votes away). So I'll give this one a break, and instead, over...

Now I know why @Murbs was not pushing hard for Cannington to be included on the supercharger voting "ticket" :)

I've heard that many charging networks are not profitable now, even at rates of 60-70c/kWh. They're setting up now to lock in the good locations. Once the usage becomes less spiky and more of a bell curve across the day (something that only really happens once sites have enough stalls that...

Latest pics via Whirlpool:

And it’s live on the app!

Spruiking the new app on FB at the moment:

Everything seems to align, even if a bit uncertain. I've emailed the council to ask.

Report from X - they tried a stall connected to each cabinet, and didn't see any visible sign that 3 of them were not to be used. Maybe all 6 are active?