Jolt EV charging network

[AndrewSa]

Used several around Adelaide. Never get claimed 25kw. Starts around 19 and tapers immediately to 15 or 13. 25kw would be great for quick top up

 

[moa999]

Interesting. Pokeing around in Plugshare the highest report is 21kW, but most in the 18-20kW range.

Now it wouldn't surprise me if these chargers are actually fed by a 3ph 32A supply (about 22kW), and then you lose a bit in conversion to DC and running the ad board.

But the tapering is strange.

 

[evtricity]

Anyone know the address for the Hornsby Jolt charger - First converted power kiosk in Sydney offers fast EV charging - free for 15 minutes?

 

[moa999]

No idea..
With all the trees and newish construction I'd be guessing near the hospital or pool/council chambers.

Not on the Jolt app yet

 

[moa999]

If you go to LinkedIn there is a 9News video on the AusGrid and Jolt Networks site

[Video] JOLT on LinkedIn: JOLT Ausgrid Leading the Charge

Electric vehicle owners and users will soon be able to enjoy free, fast charging across Sydney thanks to a partnership between Ausgrid and JOLT, Australia’s…

www.linkedin.com

The unit seems to be sitting in a carspot outside a 2-story building.
Makes be thinks it's actually a test install inside the Hornsby AusGrid depot.

Weird suburbs to be starting in..
I'd have thought Sydney's East and Inner West where you have a high %ge of people relying on street parking (and probably a higher percentage of EVs) would have been smarter.

 

[Hungry Mile]

Anyone know the address for the Hornsby Jolt charger - First converted power kiosk in Sydney offers fast EV charging - free for 15 minutes?

A few months ago there was a DA at Hornsby Council. It was proposed to be outside the new BMW dealership on Pacific Hwy Waitara. There’s a green power thingy there.
Don’t know if this is progressing as I drove past a couple of days ago and saw no work.

 

[evtricity]

Weird suburbs to be starting in..
I'd have thought Sydney's East and Inner West where you have a high %ge of people relying on street parking (and probably a higher percentage of EVs) would have been smarter.

Hornsby and neighbouring Waitara have a huge amount of high and low rise apartments so public charging will be needed for those who can't simply plug in or install their own charging equipment at home.

 

[Vostok]

Weird suburbs to be starting in.. I'd have thought Sydney's East and Inner West where you have a high %ge of people relying on street parking (and probably a higher percentage of EVs) would have been smarter.

The Inner West has a low proportion of EVs precisely because there is so little off-street parking. Although having said that, I saw three Model 3s parked on the street this morning within a few km of my house.

 

[evtricity]

The portable prototype unit shown in First converted power kiosk in Sydney offers fast EV charging - free for 15 minutes was located at the Ausgrid depot at Homebush for that photo shoot.

 

[moa999]

Thanks for the confirmation.
Guess that's why that site popped up in the Jolt app.

Shame it wasn't an actual site and just a photoshoot demo.

 

[AussieOwner]

How much does it cost to charge on this usually?

 

[moa999]

How much does it cost to charge on this usually?

Adelaide ones are first 7kWh free (15-20min) then $0.42/kWh.
And some idle fee as well

 

[AussieOwner]

Cheers

 

[Chuq]

I've noticed Jolt now shows up as a filterable network in Plugshare:

There are quite a few up and running (all Adelaide so far):

 

[moa999]

Looks like Jolt is up to 15 sites in Adelaide on their app map.

Still nothing visible in Sydney.

 

[moa999]

SA now at 16 of planned 21.
First Sydney site with AusGrid due in September

Jolt looks to expand free EV charging network to Sydney

Jolt has launched its latest free fast-charging site in Adelaide as it prepares to launch in Sydney thanks to a partnership with Ausgrid.

thedriven.io

 

[PC__LoadLetter]

If this is the one in Homebush Bay, it'd possibly explain why NRMA has throttled its charger there to 25kW.

 

[bay74]

What do people see as the use case of a 20-ish kW charger? To me, that's in the Range of Uselessness.

Up to 7 kW is perfectly adequate for overnight charging. Hence built-in (AC) chargers in EVs have about this power.
(Well) beyond 50kW is great for on a trip. Hence Superchargers are 120+ kW (SOC and battery dependent of course).

When would a two to four (?) hour charge be useful?

I don't spend much time at shopping centres, is that somewhere people would actually bother to seek out a charging station? Perhaps because I can charge at home I've never bothered looking for a charger in suburban Melbourne.

When would you use these?

Ta.

 

[meloccom]

What do people see as the use case of a 20-ish kW charger? To me, that's in the Range of Uselessness.

Up to 7 kW is perfectly adequate for overnight charging. Hence built-in (AC) chargers in EVs have about this power.
(Well) beyond 50kW is great for on a trip. Hence Superchargers are 120+ kW (SOC and battery dependent of course).

When would a two to four (?) hour charge be useful?

I don't spend much time at shopping centres, is that somewhere people would actually bother to seek out a charging station? Perhaps because I can charge at home I've never bothered looking for a charger in suburban Melbourne.

When would you use these?

Ta.

On the Stuart Highway between Port Augusta and Alice Springs.
Glendambo Roadhouse in this case, where AEVA/TOCA have supplied a 3 phase 32A power point.
My V1 UMC is plugged in and charging my car at 3 phase 16A or 11 Kw, which gave about 60Km/h recharge rate.
A third party 32A 3 phase charge connector would have given me 22Kw, upped the recharge rate to about 110Kmh and shortened my stay from 4 hours to 2.
I brought a book to read.

 

[moa999]

Article in the online AFR today.
Seems to suggest the first of 500 units will be rolled out in Sydney in 3 weeks.

It's a poorly written article and seems to mix the Adelaide advertising rollout with the Sydney AusGrid one.