Nominations for superchargers Melbourne to Adelaide and SA

[joninmelbourne]

Horsham for me. Would be ideal stop point for a coffee and lunch. Also all the shopping is here that people made need to pick up before venturing onto Adelaide.

 

[bradjc]

Horsham for me. Would be ideal stop point for a coffee and lunch. Also all the shopping is here that people made need to pick up before venturing onto Adelaide.

Seconded. Would love to see some movement on new Supercharger plans MEL > ADL. This leg really needs to be up and going in time for M3 at the latest IMO.

 

[BenT]

Horsham, Keith and Ballarat all well placed and no self respecting local council would turn down an opportunity like this. It is so frustrating on Teslarati to see the daily new SC in US, China and Europe. The pace of SC roll out in Australia has been tortoise like.

 

[Chuq]

Horsham for me.

The original documentation submitted to Tatiara Regional Council (Keith) said it would be the only site "between Adelaide and Horsham for the near future" - which suggests Horsham is part of Tesla's plans!

 

[doctorwho]

It's like they've lost interest in providing any additional supercharger infrastructure

 

[Davide]

Womad is coming again, I would love to see a couple of SC's

 

[bradjc]

Only need 3 Superchargers in place to join up a major Australian city. Will look good on a map graphic too. There was lots of talk of doubling down on this during the M3 launch.

 

[Keiron]

Ive just spoken to the Motor Inn at Keith ( South Australia ) and their nice new 22Kw chargers should be up and running next week. I will advise when there operational.

As an aside Ive been in and used the Gippsland Solar free 22kw charger in Traralgon Victoria yesterday. Works great and in a good spot too.

 

[bradjc]

Ive just spoken to the Motor Inn at Keith ( South Australia ) and their nice new 22Kw chargers should be up and running next week. I will advise when there operational.

As an aside Ive been in and used the Gippsland Solar free 22kw charger in Traralgon Victoria yesterday. Works great and in a good spot too.

Hey @Keiron, that's great news re: Keith, good to hear it's progressing! Interesting you say Gippsland Solar is 22kw, @Novatec 's review on PlugShare indicates it's only 16amp. I'm hoping to stop in there next week to check it out so that's great if they're providing good power, great to see!

 

[lennier]

@Keiron do you know if they plan to allow charging for those passing through rather than staying overnight?

 

[MrAustraliaTax]

As an aside Ive been in and used the Gippsland Solar free 22kw charger in Traralgon Victoria yesterday. Works great and in a good spot too.

That is excellent news - I've been wanting to try these to extend my Gippsland day trip range - are these accessible 24/7 or just business hours?

 

[bradjc]

That is excellent news - I've been wanting to try these to extend my Gippsland day trip range - are these accessible 24/7 or just business hours?

I'll be checking it out when I pass through later in the week so will ask and let you know.

 

[moemoke]

The Gippy Solar chargers are accessible 24/7, if you are there during their opening hours they will drive you
in to Traralgon CBD where there are more shops and cafe's while your car charges from there solar/battery array.
They are on the Eastern side of town in a light industrial area so not a lot of places to visit after hours.

 

[bradjc]

That is excellent news - I've been wanting to try these to extend my Gippsland day trip range - are these accessible 24/7 or just business hours?

Possibly my favourite charging experience so far. Really handy spot for me heading East out of Melb for the weekend. Brilliant.

 

[Brian May]

Possibly my favourite charging experience so far. Really handy spot for me heading East out of Melb for the weekend. Brilliant.

Is 16 amps the maximum available?

 

[MrAustraliaTax]

Thanks to bradjc and moemoke - this destination charger makes Gippsland MUCH more accessible.

(and apologies for the thread hijack)

 

[bradjc]

Is 16 amps the maximum available?

16a 3 phase so was getting a very respectable 56km/h.

 

[Brian May]

16a 3 phase so was getting a very respectable 56km/h.

Oh, OK. Some reason I keep forgetting 3 phase. Does the 3 symbol on the display next to the 16 means 3 phase? 3*16=48 amps is pretty impressive.

 

[Mark E]

Are they 32A connectors? If so, dual chargers will give you 110km/h or so

 

[bradjc]

Are they 32A connectors? If so, dual chargers will give you 110km/h or so

Pretty sure it is, going by this screen shot while I was charging today.

Dual chargers would be nice in this situation, especially for the next few years before we get a few more Supercharger locations for a fast charge.