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One of the problems was the cost to manufacture in Australia and freight to the rest of the world. Australia is the highest cost economy in the OECD for manufacturing. They were too slow to close manufacturing in Australia (Dec 2023) and shift it off shore. As I mentioned earlier, Taiwan based...

Just because they have entered administration, doesn't mean it is the end - yet. The administrators, if unable to restructure (likely) will attempt to sell the company & IP. LiteOn Technology Corporation (Market Cap ~ 11b AUD) was looking at injecting capital earlier this year. It's possible...

My understanding according to Plug Share is we are expecting it commissioned this week or next. The property manager from MRS got back to Nismo:

I have fond memories of that site. My Model 3 was delivered to that car park (the chargers in front of the old Mitsubishi building) over 4 years ago. Solar Garage wasn't built at the time. Sadly, the Solar Garage was always going to turn out that way. It was built by a consortium of...

Chargefox says it is currently offline (9:03am) - so I suspect no power. This DCFC appears to have three states - 1. fully operational, 2. port b output line relay fault and 3. Dead (No power). It generally cycles between those states over the coarse of 24/48 hours. I don't know if they have a...

The cabinet is the switchboard with breakers and probably metering. Not sure too much on the details for comms. Yes, It is not the greatest site. The carpark has always had 10 overhead lights, that have not worked for years. They are fed from the same padmount transformer than the DCFC -...

The Seaford Kempower DCFC is keeping the RAA on its toes. It appears to have no power again tonight, which is becoming a regular occurrence. I suspect something seems to be tripping the breakers/RCD. The 7kW ChargeMate always stays powered up. It also often reports having a faulty port B - I'm...

There are a couple. Any enterprising individual or business can install a DCFC and get Chargefox to act as the clearing house for payments. I don't think MRS property are behind it as they have numerous other smaller shopping centers around and I don't believe any of those have charging. But...

Can't say I do. Moana Heights Shopping Center is managed by MRS Property Pty Ltd. I emailed them asking who the asset owner is, but they never responded. According to someone on Plugshare, Chargefox has no ETA. I wonder if Chargefox can tell use who the asset owner is?

I also wondered about that. It must be a technical reason, although I think Normanville successfully has both AC and DC chargers on Chargefox. I responded to your post back in November - at-least they are now switching on the ChargeMates. My impression in the early days of the roll out, most of...

I think the owner has just disabled playback on third party sites. If you click the link through to YouTube, it should play.

And what is the first DCFC the for Onkaparinga LGA: Seaford was commissioned today.

RE: Seaford SAPN are not messing around. Road into Seaford Shopping shopping center is currently closed and civil works underway.

NRMA report Nuriootpa and Berri in South Australia are now online: "The site work at this location has now been completed. The chargers are currently operating at 50kwh whilst we are working through final commission of the BESS battery after which the site will be at full capacity."

Looks like SAPN may need to do some site works now, like getting a conduit/cable under the entrance/service road to the shopping center and installing some P7 pits. It's been marked out, hopefully we see some action next week.

I understand your BP card has 14 hexadecimal digits (characters). After my original post, I was looking at the MiFare app notes on UIDs/Unique Identifiers and note while the original batch of MiFare Classics had a 4 byte UID ('Single Size UID') or 8 hexadecimal characters, newer cards have a...

Looks like the Victor Harbor 150kW DCFC was commissioned this week

As I understand it, the RFID cards for Charging Infrastructure (Tritium/Kempower/ABB etc) can be any MiFare Card. Some forum members have reported enrolling Chargefox cards on the EVIE network and vice versa. Others have reported using public transport cards (Opal or Smartrider for example) by...

Good to see NRMA move towards Chargefox. It makes sense as Chargefox is owned by Australian Motoring Services Pty Ltd (the company that provides wholesale roadside service to motoring clubs around Australia). Australian Motoring Services Pty Ltd is wholly owned by the Mobility Clubs of...

It looks like a destination charger for the motel. The 200kW charger (Adamson Terrance Parking) is still coming.

I don't think the Kempower cabinet is deep enough. For 350kW, you need 7 power modules. My understanding that cabinet only holds a maximum of 4, hence 200kW Max (assuming all 4 power modules installed). The RAA has normally been using the Satellite units for higher 200kW "ultra-rapid" sites.

One of the good things of being an existing site is no power approvals. In the photo the Kempower DCFC has power already....

Looks like Goolwa went live today. At Seaford, the Kempower Unit was installed today and lines painted. It would seem like it is just awaiting approvals and commissioning now.

I noted that the ChargeMate 7kW unit was working/commissioned at Normanville. Chargefox indicates it is currently in use, while the DCFC is free. I used the RAA sites at Woodside and Morgan last week, and noticed at both sites the ChargeMate has no power. Do you know why? Are they finding an...

Normanville is now open.

Yes, there is a MAX31826 Temperature Sensor + 1Kb EEPROM molded in the plug:

Do you know roughly how much they are? I would love to update my 8A tail, but not sure on the cost benefit analysis...

It depends if there is any free capacity on the transformer. However.... Contractors are back on site today and this time they are trenching towards the transformer. If it was a slight mistake, and it will be feed from the existing transformer, we might see it online this side of Christmas.

What does St Baker want the Murrarie site for? I assume this is just to reduce outgoings for Tritium as they would still have to pay the remainder of the lease out.

Regarding the RAA Seaford Site, a Concrete truck is onsite at the moment pouring the foundations for the charger. Trenches were dug on Monday and electrical conduit laid. What is interesting is the conduits head towards a SAPN Switching Cubicle, not a Padmount Transformer, so I do wonder if...

Quite a number of years ago EVie proposed a charger in Noarlunga. At the time the list was: Tailem Bend - Now Complete (Tailem Bend – HA002 - 8786 Princes Highway Tailem Bend 5260) Noarlunga Adelaide Hills - Now Complete (Adelaide Hills – HA001, 399 Mount Barker Rd Bridgewater 5155) Bolivar -...

Onkaparinga Council has just granted the RAA a 6 year lease to a site at Seaford Central Shopping Center. I read the minutes of the meeting at the time and if I remember correctly, they were quite professional. They were focused on the lease, not the politics of EVs. The problem I see is the...

If they owned the land the factory in Queensland was on, they could sell it to developers for apartments and make a quid. Would be "worth" more than a factory with productive output.

As much as it would be nice to see Tritium remain in Australia, economic reality is Australia is a high cost economy. In most OECD rankings related to manufacturing, Australia comes last. I understand Australia is the most expensive country in the OECD to manufacture on the aggregate of five...

Its all happening. The Morgan site (150kW) went live earlier in the week.

The RAA now has nine 7kW chargers (Type 2) over three sites: Kingscote, 7 Cygnet Road Penneshaw, 8 Frenchmans Terrace Penneshaw, 8 North Terrace Might not be fast DC, but should be a bit more reliable than the Island's aging J1772 network.

Just got my renewal from CommInsure for my 2019 Model 3 SR+. Up 32% to $1,332.

"Ultra-rapids" (200kW) are coming on-line. Mt Barker went live earlier in the week. Burnside - Today.

Just to add: This is the destination chargers they are deploying. Has a Type 2 Mennekes connector on it. The user is expected to have the required Type 2 to Type 2 or Type 2 to Type 1 depending upon their vehicle.

Burnside Council Carpark also looks like it is waiting to be commissioned.

From yesterday's ABS CPI figures: (Noticeable hike in one category)

Starting to see a couple. There is one in Port Adelaide: https://www.plugshare.com/location/493916

Another good video on EV Tyres I note my brother's Model Y comes with Hankook S1 evo3 EV. What tyres are new Model 3's coming from out of the factory - SR or Performance?

They normally put the cars into Service mode and this disables recording.

My brother just got his ready for delivery text about 45 minutes ago. First pick-up was 20th (Adelaide). His booked in for the 21st.

My understanding ISO15118-20 with Bidirectional Power Transfer (BPT) supports both DC & AC (Subject to Vehicle Hardware of course). For AC_BPT there are GeneratorMode configuration parameters such as Single Phase/Three Phase, Grid Following (V2G)/Grid Forming (V2L, V2H) etc.

Like Colorado Teardrops Boulder with 75kwh of battery. My understanding the Trailer can charge via a CCS2 DC Fast Charger, so at the charging station you charge both the car and the trailer in separate sessions. The only problem is the coupling back into the car which is non existent. So when...

While bi-directional charging has been supported by CHAdeMO for quite some time, there has been no standards for CCS2 to facilitate the same functionality. CHARIN Vehicle to Grid V2G Roadmap I note ISO 15118-20:2022 Road vehicles — Vehicle to grid communication interface — Part 20: 2nd...

The Upper Hunter by-election was held on 22 May 2021. Your link makes reference to market manipulation on the 17 and 18 May. I think its the same event. The gas plant in question is to be built in Kurri Kurri, in the Hunter Region. Four Corners: What’s behind Australia’s push for gas-fired...

I believe It may have been a direction from a Shareholder Minister. It was the week of the Bi-election and Liberals were desperate to spruik their new gas plant, that both AEMO and AER said we didn't need. He had asked heads of AEMO and AER to modify their reports to say it was needed, and when...