Anything that can't charge @ at least 50kW, shouldn't be tying up DC charging infrastructure.
The Outlander I think peaks at a measly 22kw.
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Anything that can't charge @ at least 50kW, shouldn't be tying up DC charging infrastructure.
The Outlander I think peaks at a measly 22kw.
That’s hilarious. I hope the Tesla driver gave back as good as he got.
Perhaps the Outlander driver was a penny-pinching grinch who wanted a couple of bucks worth of free NRMA electrons rather than pay for petrol.
If the NRMA starts charging for charging™ maybe some of this behaviour will stop.
By that you mean the NSW Government program.
The Federal Govt Arena program only requires 2x50kW including CHAdeMO, Qld is seemingly 50kW and SA is 25/50kW.
I think that’s misguided. Availability of stalls should be first priority. Instead of 2x350kw, I’d much rather see 4x120kw.
It just offers so much more redundancy against iceing/damaged plug/chargeholing or simply facing all stalls being occupied.
It’s a bit of a waste having one car tie up a 350kw stall when it can only charge at say 50kw. Cars like the iPace I think only do these speeds. And all ev’s drop below 50 when tapering.
If there’s grid supply limits far better to use 700kw for 4-5 slower stalls rather than 2x350.
Yes there’s some tricks available like sticking a huge battery in the middle, as seen in Goulburn, but as we’ve seen that complex solution has led to a lot less reliability than the nearby Superchargers.
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I don't believe any of the outages at Goulburn have been pinned on the battery. In fact the battery has kept the servo operating when there was a widespread power outage!
I do agree that more ~150kW chargers is better than fewer ~300kW chargers, though - that Goulburn site with three chargers (2x350 and 1x50) has been fully occupied with cars queuing frequently in the last few weeks.
And right on cue all of the Goulburn Chargefox chargers are out of action right now.
Not saying it’s the battery, but the Tesla site is fine.
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Well, you’ll see 4x350 kW since that’s the minimum requirement to be funded under the NSW Government programme.
Apparently there’s a thing called “dynamic connections” where the units are collectively and dynamically managed to a maximum grid draw dependent on the wider network capacity available at the time.
e.g if all 4 stalls are in use simultaneously, but the grid can supply only 1 MW at that point in time, then the 4 stalls won’t all operate at 350 kW but at some lower level in order to not collectively exceed the dynamic total. Neat.
Goulburn is still totally out of action according to the Chargefox app.
An interesting checkin on PlugShare at Mittagong from an iPace driver who appears to have limped from Goulburn.
Looks like NRMA have added a site in Wollongong to their map and plugshare. Appears to be council carpark at 17 Stewart St.
Somewhat surprising given others have gotten Arena funding for Wollongong, but good to see anyway.
Also possible addition in Brewarinna in the north, though maybe I just hadn't noticed it.
Somewhat surprising given others have gotten Arena funding for Wollongong, but good to see anyway.
Also possible addition in Brewarinna in the north, though maybe I just hadn't noticed it.
And it’s a double-banger according to the PlugShare reference.
Hopefully no more single stall sites.
Will likely be up an running before Tesla Superchargers coming in Q4 2021
