I swung past BP Marulan over the weekend (Friday northbound, Sunday southbound). There was literally no change since I was there a week prior, when I last added photos onto PlugShare.
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Second BP Pulse now active at Caboolture in Qld.
Another 75kW CCS2/CHAdeMO with two marked spots.
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Leaf owners would disagree ... I bought, and still have, a CHAdeMO adapter for my Model X which i used a few times before the CCS2 adapter was available.
Anyway BOT ... I drove past the BP at Campbelltown/Woodbine NSW and saw some fences up, Do you think there's one going here?
I’m a bit torn over the CHADEMO standard. In 2011 it was the only DC quick charging standard available as the IEA had yet to formalise what would become the CCS standard. Even Tesla did not announce the Supercharger network until 2012.
But it’s time to move on as the Tesla proprietary plug doesn’t support 3 phase, neither does J1772 that forms the basis of CCS1 and it would be a waste to lose that advantage just because the USA/Japan choose to not use it.
So I fully support a Type 2-AC and CCS2 DC charging standard for Australia and for new cars it should be mandated.
However the government requirement for CHADEMO support for any supported charging installations is good policy as not everyone can afford a Tesla or other expensive CCS2 based EV and Australia can benefit from second hand Japanese imports to assist lower income people to move to and enjoy the benefits of an EV.
Note that Tesla is doubling down on the TPC in the US.
1. It's no longer the TPC, now the NACS - and is seemingly a plug format only that can run communication via Tesla's standard or CCS.
2. It's no longer proprietary.
Tesla belatedly tries to make their connector a North American standard
I wonder, why now? If they were going to do this, why not five years ago? https://www.tesla.com/blog/opening-north-american-charging-standard
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Assume it's mostly an attempt to get Federal funds for future superchargers.
But will be interesting whether anyone other than Aptera jumps to use the charger.
I can imagine a Rivian with both CCS1 and a NACS port suddenly becomes a lot more capable.
So looks like the US may have to deal with CCS1, NACS and a small number of CHAdeMO
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I read about this in Electrek last night. The prevailing mood in the comments is “too late”. It would take one or two of the majors to adopt “NACS” for its cars in North America for the herd to move that way and eventually kill off CCS1 there. I can’t see it happening given the CCS1 infrastructure investment to date. So North America will be stuck with Tesla’s connector, CCS1, dwindling CHAdeMO and adaptors for a long time to come.
Tesla opens its EV charge connector in the hope of making it the new standard
Tesla announced that it is opening its electric car charge connector in the hope of making it the new standard in North America.
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We should be very thankful how it has played out here.
First BP Pulse station at Diamond Creek, Vic has now gone off free mode.
It's slight cheaper than AMPCharge for about the same speed for 400V cars, but otherwise looks higher than other 50/75kW chargers.
It's slight cheaper than AMPCharge for about the same speed for 400V cars, but otherwise looks higher than other 50/75kW chargers.
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Drove past the Brighton site today, was in a hurry, but there was some grand opening with a huge tent and like 100 suits gathering around.
They must have invented DCFC.
They must have invented DCFC.
Global CEO Bernard Looney flew in for the opening of a new bp pulse fast charger at bp Brayside
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Just read the article you posted! While I welcome the BP Pulse network, it is rather amsuing to see the BP CEO fly in for a single dual stall 75kW CCS2/Chademo unit.
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Note that Tesla is doubling down on the TPC in the US.
1. It's no longer the TPC, now the NACS - and is seemingly a plug format only that can run communication via Tesla's standard or CCS.
2. It's no longer proprietary.
Tesla belatedly tries to make their connector a North American standard
I wonder, why now? If they were going to do this, why not five years ago? https://www.tesla.com/blog/opening-north-american-charging-standard
Assume it's mostly an attempt to get Federal funds for future superchargers.
But will be interesting whether anyone other than Aptera jumps to use the charger.
I can imagine a Rivian with both CCS1 and a NACS port suddenly becomes a lot more capable.
So looks like the US may have to deal with CCS1, NACS and a small number of CHAdeMO
I could never understand why the 'new' EV companies like Rivian and Lucid never made a deal with Tesla for supercharger access and the Tesla connector in North America (and a matching chargeport location).
In the UK they bought Chargemaster which was the early lead in mostly AC charging, but had developed a poor reputation for non-working chargers.
Not sure if it's improved much since BP took over.
Yeah saw that too…
If it takes them so much set up to open up one station we will have 3 in total by end of next year
Also signs saying petrol station closed all day, huh?
Drove past after lunch, tent was gone and a Tesla was charging with no one in sight
It now shows up on app so hopefully it’s free for a while
If it takes them so much set up to open up one station we will have 3 in total by end of next year
Also signs saying petrol station closed all day, huh?
Drove past after lunch, tent was gone and a Tesla was charging with no one in sight
It now shows up on app so hopefully it’s free for a while
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