The longest EV charging network in West Australia

[Chuq]

Some of these will be handy on our Perth trip!

I am quite relieved with the timing! I plan to be using Norseman/Coolgardie on the 26th, Coolgardie/Norseman/Esperance on the 28th, and Merredin/Southern Cross/Coolgardie/Norseman on the 6th-7th.

 

[WoodWombat]

So, I thought that I would drop photos of the first three WAEV charge sites when heading in from NT.

This is Kununurra. I was the first person to charge here as far as I know. Oddly, the AC charger was not turned on.

This is Warmun Roadhouse. The DC was not yet commissioned, but the AC was on and responded to my RFID card.

Finally, this is Halls Creek. This one was still being wired up and I got to take a look inside the cabinet.

I am loving the curved roof, which both protects the equipment from the elements, as well as making the chargers really easy to spot from a distance.

Today I will look for the Fitzroy Crossing and Derby charge sites.

 

[Blue heaven]

So, I thought that I would drop photos of the first three WAEV charge sites when heading in from NT.

This is Kununurra. I was the first person to charge here as far as I know. Oddly, the AC charger was not turned on.
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This is Warmun Roadhouse. The DC was not yet commissioned, but the AC was on and responded to my RFID card.
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Finally, this is Halls Creek. This one was still being wired up and I got to take a look inside the cabinet.
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I am loving the curved roof, which both protects the equipment from the elements, as well as making the chargers really easy to spot from a distance.

Today I will look for the Fitzroy Crossing and Derby charge sites.

Great series of photos.

 

[Blue heaven]

Merredin DC is available for use, this is an excellent asset for EV drivers travelling between Perth and Kalgoorlie.

 

[moa999]

WA reports network is now half complete.

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[Vostok]

Comments are a cesspit.

Situation normal for FakeBook, Xitter, etc. hence why I avoid.

 

[moa999]

Kojonup open (alongside a Supercharger that opened last month)

Closing the loop: Kojonup becomes 31st location along WA EV charging network

Australia’s longest EV charging network continues to reach into more Western Australian communities, with the small town of Kojonup 256 kilometres south-east of Perth the latest to join the network.

thedriven.io

 

[AussieOwner]

Who is Roger cook?

 

[Vostok]

Who is Roger cook?

Premier of WA.

 

[AussieOwner]

Ah cool . Thanks.

 

[B3AU]

The WA EV Network seems to be having some sort of outage this morning, with sites offline in Chargefox

 

[Max Spaghetti]

I renew my objection to critical infrastructure relying on an app.

EFTPOS please. Let the banks do what banks know how to do.

 

[Chuq]

I renew my objection to critical infrastructure relying on an app.

EFTPOS please. Let the banks do what banks know how to do.

Not linked to today's problems in any way. All of these units have credit card readers. The sites couldn't communicate their status back to Chargefox. It wouldn't matter what your payment method was. App, RFID or debit/credit card would have had the same issue - there have been quite prominent issues with card payment terminal systems in the past. At least with app or RFID they could have free-vended (which I believe happened in this case), stored your session details locally and charged to your account later on. I can't see a credit card provider doing that (and as to whether it can be stored locally, I'm not sure, but recording credit card details on a storage system in an unmanned, remote location sounds rife with issues).

 

[Max Spaghetti]

Not linked to today's problems in any way.

Thanks for the info, I shouldn't have jumped the gun.