Article in today's AFR (paywall) and similar tonight on Driven about Bell Hub.
Basic website at present - Bell Hub | Ultra-fast Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations | 2021
But appear to have acquired/ optioned a bunch of carwash sites on which the plan to install solar panels, batteries and EV charging equipment.
Looking at ABB 175kW and 350kW units.
Suggesting pricing as low of 10c/kWh (though the Driven article seems to suggest this might be time of day dependent).
Corporate holding company that they are trying to list has the Bell Resources name (part of Alan Bond's story).
An interesting comment in the AFR article that charging stations can't be within 12m of fuel pumps or vents, which prevents many operators installing EV chargers.
Certainly in my part of Sydney most carwash operators use a lot of shade cloths, so I guess this could be replaced with a solar roof.
Ex-Liberal leader in new venture to convert 60 car washes to EV charging stations
Sixty car washes around Australia are going to be turned into ultra-fast EV charging stations, with onsite batteries and solar panels.
thedriven.io
Basic website at present - Bell Hub | Ultra-fast Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations | 2021
But appear to have acquired/ optioned a bunch of carwash sites on which the plan to install solar panels, batteries and EV charging equipment.
Looking at ABB 175kW and 350kW units.
Suggesting pricing as low of 10c/kWh (though the Driven article seems to suggest this might be time of day dependent).
Corporate holding company that they are trying to list has the Bell Resources name (part of Alan Bond's story).
An interesting comment in the AFR article that charging stations can't be within 12m of fuel pumps or vents, which prevents many operators installing EV chargers.
Certainly in my part of Sydney most carwash operators use a lot of shade cloths, so I guess this could be replaced with a solar roof.