One time I left my (pre-heat pump) car charging on 2.3kW with climate running. The battery went backwards by a significant percentage when I was delayed and forgot to shut it off.
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Both depend on the outside temperature, but at 10C it seems to start about 20 minutes before the departure time, and turns itself off around 30 minutes after departure time if you don't actually use the car. I'd estimate it'd use about 2kW average at that temperature - maybe 3 or 4 kW at 0C ambient.
Looks like Newcastle Council are replacing the perpetually faulty DC charger at No. 2 Sportsground (on Chargefox network).
Out goes a Tritium RT50
And in comes what looks to be an Ocular Titan 60 with 2x CCS2 ports.
Quite a neat pole mounted unit.
ocularcharging.com.au
Think this is the first DC Ocular unit we've seen in Aus, plenty of their AC units.
No 2 Sportsground Park | Newcastle West, NSW | EV Station
Electric Vehicle charger Service Disruption Enhancements are underway to improve the functionality of our charging stations and to expand parking for electric vehicle charging. The two 22kw EV Chargers in this location, will be temporarily out of service from 22 January 2024 to 25 January...
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Out goes a Tritium RT50
And in comes what looks to be an Ocular Titan 60 with 2x CCS2 ports.
Quite a neat pole mounted unit.
Commercial DC Charging Station | Commercial DC Charger | Ocular DC Titan 30 & 60kW
The Ocular Titan 30kW & 60 kW provides fast EV charging for commercial infrastructure. Fast DC EV charger for 2 vehicles at once!
ocularcharging.com.au
Think this is the first DC Ocular unit we've seen in Aus, plenty of their AC units.
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Not clear yet. It's one of those sites where Plugshare Mods haven't separated the AC and DC comments into a (1) and (2) as they seem to like to do.
(Pre)heating the battery is just for faster charging at higher %'s. it's not for the 'health' of the battery or whatnot. So if time is no issue, there is no need to preheat.
At slower 50kW DC chargers if I know I don't want to go above 80% .. I'll sometimes disable the heating during charging and it gets the whole 50kW until around 70-75%. (2019, NCA chemistry).
Starting to see a couple. There is one in Port Adelaide:
Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre | Port Adelaide, SA | EV Station
City of Port Adelaide Enfield Council All chargers are networked by Chargefox - 60kW DC Chargers
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Interesting. They went in a month ago or so.Starting to see a couple. There is one in Port Adelaide:
Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre | Port Adelaide, SA | EV Station
City of Port Adelaide Enfield Council All chargers are networked by Chargefox - 60kW DC Chargerswww.plugshare.com
Restricted to 40kW seemingly (and I'm guessing 20kW each if two cars plugin?)
If you have a Performance, you can put it into "Track Mode" before plugging in. It then doesn't heat the batteries.
It's also now possible to put it into Service mode and there's an option to turn it off.
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Chargefox seems to be making a further step away from being a EV charger provider and just a network manager for other EV charger providers.
We have recently started to see Engie branding within the Chargefox app,
I am now seeing RACV branding for former Chargefox owned sites,
I think this is replicated for all former ChargeFox Victoria sites.
And similar for all NSW sites I am seeing NRMA branding,
And NRMA is furthering their branch into SA with all the former Chargefox sites in SA also getting NRMA branding,
And even the new Port Adelaide site which had Chargefox branding just last week is now,
also NRMA branded.
Is this also pointing toward NRMA utilising the Chargefox app for their larger, currently NSW/SA network and future AU wide network?
Edit: Further point, ChargeFox now not only has the above mentioned NRMA branded sites in SA but is also the provider for the RAA branded sites in SA,
We have recently started to see Engie branding within the Chargefox app,
I am now seeing RACV branding for former Chargefox owned sites,
I think this is replicated for all former ChargeFox Victoria sites.
And similar for all NSW sites I am seeing NRMA branding,
And NRMA is furthering their branch into SA with all the former Chargefox sites in SA also getting NRMA branding,
And even the new Port Adelaide site which had Chargefox branding just last week is now,
also NRMA branded.
Is this also pointing toward NRMA utilising the Chargefox app for their larger, currently NSW/SA network and future AU wide network?
Edit: Further point, ChargeFox now not only has the above mentioned NRMA branded sites in SA but is also the provider for the RAA branded sites in SA,
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Interesting... looking at all the ultra-rapid sites:
WA sites are now under "RAC Electric Highway" (RAC WA)
VIC sites are now under "RACV"
NSW and SA sites are now under "NRMA" (interesting, RAA wasn't interested in the two SA ones?)
The sole Qld site (Toombul replacement) isn't active yet
The odd one out is the Tas site - not under RACT, but Electric Highway Tasmania!
WA sites are now under "RAC Electric Highway" (RAC WA)
VIC sites are now under "RACV"
NSW and SA sites are now under "NRMA" (interesting, RAA wasn't interested in the two SA ones?)
The sole Qld site (Toombul replacement) isn't active yet
The odd one out is the Tas site - not under RACT, but Electric Highway Tasmania!
Chargefox has been moving that way for a while.
They've also had Yurika (Qld), Gold Coast Council (Qld) and a handful of DCAV (Vic) sites for a while, and SA and WA government coming on stream.
But I wonder whether that rebranding means they are selling/ donating the 350/50kW network to local operators to take care of maintenance ?
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Also as a separate topic, the Sydney Eastern AC network has as of 1-July gotten rid of its ToU pricing which ran $0.11-0.28/kWh, and move to a flat $0.42/kWh (with most 5min free (about 1kWh), but mine $1 charge) - quite a substantial increase.
They've also had Yurika (Qld), Gold Coast Council (Qld) and a handful of DCAV (Vic) sites for a while, and SA and WA government coming on stream.
But I wonder whether that rebranding means they are selling/ donating the 350/50kW network to local operators to take care of maintenance ?
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Also as a separate topic, the Sydney Eastern AC network has as of 1-July gotten rid of its ToU pricing which ran $0.11-0.28/kWh, and move to a flat $0.42/kWh (with most 5min free (about 1kWh), but mine $1 charge) - quite a substantial increase.
Think it's more a reflection of a substantial increase in underlying electricity prices (and maybe a shift to demand tariff).
The networks has also opened another half a dozen sites so possibly also a desire from the council operators to make a return to pay for maintenance and investment.
Unfortunately think it's going to be the first of many charging price increases we say over the next few months.
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