Evie EV charging networks

[moa999]

Article on Evie from Ausdroid.

Evie Networks reveal behind the scenes process for new charging sites and next 3 new site locations - Ausdroid

Evie Networks is one of the largest open public electric vehicle charging networks in Australia and the only fast charging network with sites in every state and territory. Over the past fortnight they have completed new sites in Norwood (SA), Lutwysch and West End (QLD), Marrara (NT) and...

ausdroid.net

Lists some recently opened sites (mostly covered above)
Norwood (SA), Lutwysch and West End (QLD), Marrara (NT) and Tralagon (VIC).

But also some soon to open - Newcastle (NSW) to support highway travel north, Kingston in Canberra (ACT) and Darwin CBD (NT).

On the description the Newcastle site has to be Cameron Park which has been sitting waiting ready to open for over 6 months.

 

[cafz]

The Kingston (ACT) site would be BP Kingston - one of the original announcement from BP about co-located Evie chargers, rather than the BP Pulse in-house chargers.

 

[cafz]

BP Kingston looks like a pretty standard dual RTM75 setup, each with CHAdeMO / CCS.

Looks to be pretty close to commissioning as well.

 

[Chuq]

Ah, so they are RTM75s... just remembering that Evie still has a Canberra site due on their 350 kW rollout, (see page 1 of this thread!)

 

[moa999]

Ah, so they are RTM75s... just remembering that Evie still has a Canberra site due on their 350 kW rollout, (see page 1 of this thread!)

Hope those questions get asked the weekend.

 

[RichardV]

https://svr-apps1.bathurst.nsw.gov.au/live/Council%20Papers%20web%20ver%201.0.nsf

10/19/2022

ORDINARY MEETING

"11.3.2 PROPOSED LICENCE AGREEMENT - PART OF LOT 701 IN
DP1231391 (CROWN RESERVE 190063) - ELIZABETH STREET CAR
PARK, BATHURST
...
RESOLVED:
That Council:
(a) Approves entering into a licence agreement with Fast Cities Australia Pty Ltd for
occupation of part of Crown reserve 190063 located at Lot 701 in DP1231391
for a term of ten (10) years plus a ten (10) year option, and
(b) Approves submitting the licence agreement to the Department of Planning &
Environment – Crown Lands for landowner's consent, as detailed in the Director
Engineering Services’ report."

Seems Bathurst is getting some Evie chargers.

Seems the greater Bathurst city will have 5 fast charging sites when announced sites are complete.

The two existing co-located sites at the visitor information center, 6 stall open access Tesla supercharger and single stall NRMA; the 4 stall BP Pulse site with approved drive NSW funding; the 4 stall NRMA holiday park site also with drive NSW funding; and this presumably, I don't think there is any ARENA funding, unknown number of stall site in the council car park behind the McDonald's and close by to the other usual fast food joints.

 

[moa999]

Interesting that they don't disclose how many spots in the initial minutes (which don't even mention Evie/ Fast Cities citing Commercial in Confidence), or the Final Minutes.

Definitely looks to be a better located spot for those wanting a feed than the Tesla/ NRMA site.

 

[B3AU]

Looks like Evie charger at Dan Murphy's Swansea nr Newcastle is now open.

Dan Murphy's Swansea | Swansea, NSW | EV Station

2x 50kW CCS2 / CHAdeMO chargers Evie network. Part funded by Arena Future Fuels Fund

www.plugshare.com

Finally posted on Facebook today. Sounds like a bigger partnership expanding to other 'key' Dan Murphy's sites too.

Dan Murphy's Swansea in NSW is now home to an Evie fast charger in light of our new partnership.
The partnership with Dan Murphy's, part of the Endeavour Group, will provide public EV fast charging stations at key Dan Murphy's stores throughout Australia, focusing on an improved shopping experience while ensuring long-term sustainability. Future plans involve expanding this network nationwide in the next six months.

 

[aegidius]

They really need to have dual CCS2 chargers on more stalls, given that the RTM75 can support two active plugs.

 

[Vostok]

They really need to have dual CCS2 chargers on more stalls, given that the RTM75 can support two active plugs.

I spoke to some of the charging providers at Fully Charged Live on Saturday and they implied that on future multi-stall sites, they would have only one CHAdeMO plug, the rest CCS2.

Apparently less than 5% of all DCFC charging sessions are CHAdeMO.

 

[B3AU]

I spoke to some of the charging providers at Fully Charged Live on Saturday and they implied that on future multi-stall sites, they would have only one CHAdeMO plug, the rest CCS2.

Apparently less than 5% of all DCFC charging sessions are CHAdeMO.

Yeah, I asked the same question at AmpCharge, and it was similar for them.

I can't remember exactly what they said, but as long as there's 'x' CHAdeMO charges within x km or stations, that satisfies the requirements so other stations nearby can be CCS2 only.

 

[moa999]

They really need to have dual CCS2 chargers on more stalls, given that the RTM75 can support two active plugs.

At most of these Arena sites there are only two parking spots and two stalls.
Dual CCS2 is really only useful when you have more spots than stalls (and the cables can reach).

as long as there's 'x' CHAdeMO charges within x km

Interesting. Can't find any formal announcement on Arena website, but that's not surprising.

 

[locksmack]

Dual CCS2 is really only useful when you have more spots than stalls (and the cables can reach).

You might need to rephrase this for me to understand. Dual CCS2 would allow 2 Teslas (for example) to charge at the same time, whereas one CCS2 and one Chademo would only allow one Tesla to charge, with the chademo plug being useless aside from the occasional Leaf.

 

[moa999]

You might need to rephrase this for me to understand.

Two spots, two CCS2/CHAdeMO stalls.
Making one of them CCS2/CCS2 wouldn't help.

 

[Vostok]

Two spots, two CCS2/CHAdeMO stalls.
Making one of them CCS2/CCS2 wouldn't help.

Yes, stalls with 2 ports where only 1 port can be in use at any one time gain no advantage from having 2xCCS2.

But it looks increasingly like manufacturers are moving away from this type of design.

 

[locksmack]

Two spots, two CCS2/CHAdeMO stalls.
Making one of them CCS2/CCS2 wouldn't help.

Gotcha - totally agree.

 

[aegidius]

Say what? I'm talking about stations that allow both plugs to be used at the same time.

 

[Nevyn72]

Say what? I'm talking about stations that allow both plugs to be used at the same time.

That's understood, the point being made is that by the nature of how they are set up only one vehicle can reach each charging stand at a time.
Thus there's no benefit of having two CCS2 handles fitted as the second one can't be accessed.

 

[Vostok]

That's understood, the point being made is that by the nature of how they are set up only one vehicle can reach each charging stand at a time. Thus there's no benefit of having two CCS2 handles fitted as the second one can't be accessed.

Yep. Stations which support two vehicles charging simultaneously have two parking spaces per station rather than one.

 

[PC__LoadLetter]

That's understood, the point being made is that by the nature of how they are set up only one vehicle can reach each charging stand at a time.
Thus there's no benefit of having two CCS2 handles fitted as the second one can't be accessed.

They're Tritium chargers. It's a fair assumption one of them will be faulty. If the neighbouring one can divide its power, that may help, assuming its cables reach.