It just occurred to me what a good location another (coming soon, co-funded in the last round of NSW fast charging grants) BP Pulse station is for traffic doing the M7-M2 route into (or out of) Sydney, which is the BP on Seven Hills Rd at Baulkham Hills. The funding document says “This site will have one 360kW charging unit to service two bays and one 150kW charging unit to service two bays.”. Appears that it would be a better choice than the Eastern Creek one, unless you were actually going to be heading west right afterwards, out towards Penrith.
So, if travelling from south of Sydney to north of Sydney (ie Hume Highway to M7 then M2 then NorthConnex to the M1 motorway) rather than going to this Eastern Creek BP Pulse station and doubling your M7 tolls as a result (ie adding about $8 to the cost of your charging stop), if you leave the M7 just before the M2 starts (Bella Vista, Norwest Business Park exit), go east along Seven Hills Rd to that BP, then after charging continue along east Seven Hills Rd, turn onto Windsor Rd then enter the M2 from there, it’s not added much distance to the trip (and maybe 5-10 minutes in time vs not exiting the motorways at all) avoided the toll double-up and accesses what should be 360kW and 150kW chargers there with 4 bays between them. Works just as well in the other direction too as far as I can see.
i reckon I would be using that one once it is open - rather than the existing Evie 350kW chargers at Seven Hills (near M2/M7 junction) - if I don’t have enough charge otherwise. I don’t know what its power supply situation is, ie hopefully it isn’t dripped to 40kW as these other ones are, but the government grants specify the power levels this site is supposed to be delivering, so fingers crossed it can do so, and do so reliably!
So, if travelling from south of Sydney to north of Sydney (ie Hume Highway to M7 then M2 then NorthConnex to the M1 motorway) rather than going to this Eastern Creek BP Pulse station and doubling your M7 tolls as a result (ie adding about $8 to the cost of your charging stop), if you leave the M7 just before the M2 starts (Bella Vista, Norwest Business Park exit), go east along Seven Hills Rd to that BP, then after charging continue along east Seven Hills Rd, turn onto Windsor Rd then enter the M2 from there, it’s not added much distance to the trip (and maybe 5-10 minutes in time vs not exiting the motorways at all) avoided the toll double-up and accesses what should be 360kW and 150kW chargers there with 4 bays between them. Works just as well in the other direction too as far as I can see.
i reckon I would be using that one once it is open - rather than the existing Evie 350kW chargers at Seven Hills (near M2/M7 junction) - if I don’t have enough charge otherwise. I don’t know what its power supply situation is, ie hopefully it isn’t dripped to 40kW as these other ones are, but the government grants specify the power levels this site is supposed to be delivering, so fingers crossed it can do so, and do so reliably!