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Everything Electric Sydney (February 9-10-11, 2024)
- Thread starter evbee
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Great news for the future.
Though from the Plugshare comments looks like these might be reserved for the Test Drive cars for the weekend.
ARMARM
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The death of Type 1 is almost complete
. I believe that was the largest Type 1 charger site in Australia.You've gotta love Plugshare comments:
"I had to remove barrier to get to it. There are 20 chargers available all free."
Maybe they're blocked off for a reason!
Albeit it's not a cheap carpark to get into (from $20 for 10min to $50 for 4+hrs )
Transport & Parking Options | Getting Here | ICC Sydney
ICC Sydney is walking distance from Town Hall and Central and easily accessible by public transport.
Ill drop in on Saturday morning for a couple of hours, then come back on Sunday..
I'll also try and make the TOCA dinner on Saturday night, but touch and go for that one as I have a cricket semi final to win in the afternoon. I'll take the long handle and hopefully wrap it up by 5
I'll also try and make the TOCA dinner on Saturday night, but touch and go for that one as I have a cricket semi final to win in the afternoon. I'll take the long handle and hopefully wrap it up by 5
YAnthony
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Anyone go? thoughts?
Any stalls selling stuff for teslas? i still need some accessories
Any stalls selling stuff for teslas? i still need some accessories
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I had at great day at Fully Charged Live. I rocked up at about 10:30 having no idea whether this event would be a massive flop or a smash hit… to be met with a nearly 400m queue of people to get in 
doing a loop of Level 4 and snaking down the steps to Level 3!
The queue moved pretty quickly though and 15 minutes later I was in. Lots of people inside an a good buzz. Some photos below.
”Off the record” tidbits from talking to various exhibitors:
From my perspective it looked like the event was a big success and hopefully it will become an annual event!
Photo highlights
This joint was jumpin’…
Panel session - ”How far is Tesla ahead and can it be caught”? Panellist conclusion was roughly “a lot” and “no”.
ABB Formula-E racecar
Polestar 2 stand… it’s a pretty good looking vehicle. The centre console is massively intrusive though. A bit much, methinks.
BYD stand
MG stand
Evie stand
NRMA fast charging network map… not sure if this is recently updated
What the NRMA Kempower sites will look like. Liquid cooled cables.
And the official ending of the weekend
doing a loop of Level 4 and snaking down the steps to Level 3!The queue moved pretty quickly though and 15 minutes later I was in. Lots of people inside an a good buzz. Some photos below.
”Off the record” tidbits from talking to various exhibitors:
- NRMA plan to have their App out roughly midyear, and will commence charging for charging™ once that happens. Members will get a discount but “free” will be gone.
- New NRMA sites will use the Kempower hardware (photo below)
- EVX plan to install 200-300 pole mounted kerbside chargers in Sydney this year. The hardware is made locally. They say the box is as big as it is in order to comply with Ausgrid electrical safety requirements but they would not reveal more than that. Reserving ports is a feature that is coming. Where they put the chargers is dictated a lot by what the local council wants. I suggested residential streets without offstreet parking is where most should go, not primarily cafe strips or local attractions.
- Evie plan to double the size of their network this year. They ended 2022 with 100 sites, so they want to do another 100 this year. Tritium spare parts supply has apparently improved and repair times are shortening. They are acutely aware of the negative impact broken chargers have and hate it as much as the drivers do.
- No sight of the VW ID.Buzz. Allegedly at stand A10, but that was in fact the Australian Electric Vehicle Council stand. But lots of other EVs on display of course, mostly private vehicles though (in Electric Alley) as most of the manufacturers actually declined to attend and have stands. Really it was only the Chinese brands that did - BYD, MG, Polestar, LDV.
From my perspective it looked like the event was a big success and hopefully it will become an annual event!
Photo highlights
This joint was jumpin’…
Panel session - ”How far is Tesla ahead and can it be caught”? Panellist conclusion was roughly “a lot” and “no”.
ABB Formula-E racecar
Polestar 2 stand… it’s a pretty good looking vehicle. The centre console is massively intrusive though. A bit much, methinks.
BYD stand
MG stand
Evie stand
NRMA fast charging network map… not sure if this is recently updated
What the NRMA Kempower sites will look like. Liquid cooled cables.
And the official ending of the weekend
Shame that an NRMA is still months off (and that they seemingly won't be using Chargefox).
The map is interesting including the Chargefox 350kW chargers, but excluding the SA ones in Berri and Tanunda (though that has been down for a while)
Particularly given NRMAs additional Arena funding for a national network
The map is interesting including the Chargefox 350kW chargers, but excluding the SA ones in Berri and Tanunda (though that has been down for a while)
Particularly given NRMAs additional Arena funding for a national network
Yeah, shows a lot of faith in the charging network that they own, when they won't eat their own dogfood.
The cross-border routes are oddly lacking - doesn't show the New England Hwy route across the border, for example, even though there's DC charging in Warwick.
I went for an hour and a half today. I'd give it a 6.5 / 10. Scored down because:
- no ID buzz,
- no cupra born
- in fact, none of the big EV makers: Tesla, Kia, Hyundai, VW, ...rivian, ford.
- no ebikes.
- no real industry experts, just you-tubers.
Still worth going, and I'll be there tomorrow.
- no ID buzz,
- no cupra born
- in fact, none of the big EV makers: Tesla, Kia, Hyundai, VW, ...rivian, ford.
- no ebikes.
- no real industry experts, just you-tubers.
Still worth going, and I'll be there tomorrow.
The Cupra Born was there, blue with gold accents, can’t remember which stand though. It was inside in the main area.
Industry ‘experts’ from NRMA, Origin, EV Council, Polestar and others are there, depends on which talks you go to.
I asked a question at the Electric Car Home talk and I think I got the representatives from Origin and Myenergi to talk about smart charges that can receive notifications from the grid to make charging at cheaper times easier, so I thought it was a useful day. Going back tomorrow to see if I can get a 1 to 1 with a home energy person.
I'll look out for the cupra today.
Another absentee was janus trucks who fully charged just did a show on.
And Tritium who also featured in a recent episode.
(Although I'm not sure any local staff would want to man the stand)
(Although I'm not sure any local staff would want to man the stand)
Interesting juxtaposition with tritium on the YouTube show saying they are very reliable and it's only networks which don't pay for support, and then NRMA at the live show saying they pay for full support.
What gives?
