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The Palm Beach (Sydney Northern Beaches) has been more-or-less my private DC charger since it opened. I don’t think I have encountered another car actually charging there when I turn up - which is usually right after I finish surfing and while I am having a coffee and a chat with my friends just...

I think if you have a parking sticker or have otherwise paid for parking just take that spot to the left/north of the “official” one anyway if it is available. What I might do tomorrow (assuming I surf then buy coffee afterwards - both fairly reasonable probabilities) is try using the official...

The Palm Beach one is like that too; the allocated EV parking space does not line up well with the charge cables, especially for cars with the charging port on the left. In this photo below - which I meant to post earlier to show the (installed yesterday) parking signs, but I forgot - my car is...

There would have to be enough space within the box for another charger at the other end if demand ever required it. I don't think I have a "before" photo of the green transformer that the Jolt charger wraps around but it wasn't _that_ long. BTW the original plan submitted to council was for the...

That’s my most common use for the Jolt chargers - if I am buying groceries and/or coffee in Mona Vale (where there are two of them) or now by preference in Palm Beach near where I have coffee most days anyway, a 25-30 minute stop at a charger, even (or especially) a slow-ish one suits me...

25kW so I get the usual 22-23 into the battery. The green substation that it is “wrapping” was a larger one, accounting for the larger box size. Has advertising LCD panels both ends but I don’t think that accounts for much of the size. Here’s a photo from the other side of it. Will work out...

New charger opposite Barrenjoey House at Palm Beach. Just opened (and working).

It is not appearing on mine, despite having that app version (since early this morning), PowerWall firmware version 23.44.0, HPWC firmware version 23.44.0 and Model 3 firmware version 2024.2.7. Elon presumably needs to turn some backend switch on in addition to all those version requirements...

If I wasn’t already on the expressway at 110km/h by myself in the car when the nav system told me the Exeter chargers were all offline I might have been able to get my phone out and look at the Evie app ;) I also - again without being able to look in the Evie app - had no way of knowing if that...

Yeah, I know - I have used them before :) I really wanted a milkshake and custard tart from Heatherbrae Pies and didn't feel like McDonalds (and it is too far to walk to Heatherbrae Pies from the Evie chargers behind McDonalds), so my fallback was to use the Goulburn KFC chargers and walk around...

I was in Jindabyne (and surrounding areas) yesterday. Parked and walked around where the Supercharger is planned/promised to be. Here is what I can tell you: * The skate park has had a total rebuild, which is nearly complete (landscaping isn't done yet but all the concrete/features seem to be...

They were borked (totally - none working and the car wouldn't consider the site as a charging stop) yesterday afternoon also. I was on my way back to Sydney from the Snowy Mountains and intending to stop there. Ended up going to the Kempower charger at KFC at Goulburn instead, as the Goulburn...

I went for a bit of an explore earlier this morning and charged at the new ChargeFox chargers at North Parramatta (Sydney). It is at the big intersection where James Ruse Drive meets Church St - where there used to be a Bunnings, and now a new Woolworths and some other shops. Sidenote: the...

I didn’t get the survey email either - have a Model 3 and a PowerWall (and a HPWC at home that is also connected to my Tesla account).

I found that yesterday also when navigating to a busy supercharger (Macquarie Centre, Sydney). To get a refreshed/accurate count of bays available I had to tap on the Supercharger icon on the map to bring up the pop-up information panel about the charger, and then it updated the count of...