NRMA fast charging network

[moa999]

NRMA with a post on PlugShare that the heavily utilised Olympic Park charger which has been broken since 16 June has parts arriving and should be fixed this week.

(Personally wish they'd start charging for this one to moderate demand, and/or add a 2nd unit)

 

[moa999]

NRMA have updated the entry again - Olympic Park won't be repaired until after 9 July.

 

[Anubis]

NRMA have updated the entry again - Olympic Park won't be repaired until after 9 July.

I guess they worked out the charger is not an essential service and have to wait for the greater Sydney lock-down to end [on July 9th].

 

[Anubis]

I have it on good authority Cobar has a project with NRMA to get a fast charger installed.
A location has been selected and is well along in design.
There are hopes it will be up and running by the end of this year. But that came with the obvious qualifications around COVID and getting skilled resources out that far from the big smoke.
No information on how many units would be installed.

I also reported last year that Nyngan council were in talks with NRMA.
I've heard/seen no more about this, but with Cobar proceeding, it certainly makes sense for Nyngan to get up and running,

We now just need some news for Willcannia and Broken Hill.
With the NSW governments $120m in funding for fast chargers, I may be able to get to Broken Hill and Bourke in my SR+ sometime in 2022... assuming I'm allowed to leave home at all.

 

[alyuan]

Was stationed in Cobar sometime back. Great initiative to have a fast charger given most interstate outback trips intersect in Cobar. hopefully Griffith — Hillston is soon. A blast to drive on the 300km long no man’s straight road to Cobar.

 

[PC__LoadLetter]

NRMA have updated the entry again - Olympic Park won't be repaired until after 9 July.

Olympic Park is back online, but it’s been throttled to a very low speed - about 25kW from what I could tell.

 

[Chuq]

After a long period of no new sites, Coonamble and Walgett have now been added as “coming soon” sites on Plugshare!

 

[Hairyman]

I had a marketing survey from NRMA a couple of days ago about what sort of things would go into an EV membership bundle and possible prices. It will be interesting to see what happens

 

[moa999]

After a long period of no new sites, Coonamble and Walgett have now been added as “coming soon” sites on Plugshare!

Good stuff. Would be nice if Qld had included St.George in their recently announced list to ensure you to reach Roma.

 

[Vostok]

I had a marketing survey from NRMA a couple of days ago about what sort of things would go into an EV membership bundle and possible prices. It will be interesting to see what happens

Yeah I got that too but haven’t completed it yet.

 

[jgdc]

I had a marketing survey from NRMA a couple of days ago about what sort of things would go into an EV membership bundle and possible prices. It will be interesting to see what happens

They contacted me 2 weeks ago and we did a 45min MS Teams interview on the EV experience and that was one of the topics. I did not get the survey though!

 

[moa999]

Interesting.
Were they seeing it as different to a regular roadside membership.

Any questions on kWh pricing for non-members?

 

[Hairyman]

They contacted me 2 weeks ago and we did a 45min MS Teams interview on the EV experience and that was one of the topics. I did not get the survey though!

The survey is a proper pain in the arse

 

[Hairyman]

Interesting.
Were they seeing it as different to a regular roadside membership.

Any questions on kWh pricing for non-members?

No, only the trade off of monthly subscription vs electricity price. The power cost was not shown. The bundles included specialised roadside service, emergency charging, route planning etc.

The only worthwhile thing for me was specialised roadside assistance and emergency charging. Anyone who has A Better Route Planner already has what they need and the ChargeFox discount for NRMA members is pretty attractive

 

[Vostok]

The only worthwhile thing for me was specialised roadside assistance and emergency charging. Anyone who has A Better Route Planner already has what they need and the ChargeFox discount for NRMA members is pretty attractive

Yeah, I don’t know why they would think there is value in re-inventing the wheel there with a suggestion they might do their own app. Not only is there ABRP, but Tesla and even Nissan have their own trip planners.

The only thing that was of interest to me in the survey is discounted charging, which I already have with Chargefox as an ordinary NRMA member.

 

[ZeeDoktor]

Not to distract from the topic at hand - but none of us likely are in need of any route planning until early 2022 by the looks of it.

 

[paulp]

Not to distract from the topic at hand - but none of us likely are in need of any route planning until early 2022 by the looks of it.

Not at all, come and join us in ‘sunny sa’ where we have heavy covid restictions in place just in case one of you easterners cross the border.

 

[Vostok]

Not to distract from the topic at hand - but none of us likely are in need of any route planning until early 2022 by the looks of it.

Well, certainly not those of us in NSW. Gladys said yesterday she doesn’t care if the rest of the country keeps borders closed to us, there’s lots to do in NSW once we “open up” mid next year.

 

[cafz]

After a long period of no new sites, Coonamble and Walgett have now been added as “coming soon” sites on Plugshare!

I just noticed that Coonamble has been entered as a two unit site as well.

I wonder what the extended holdup is with Temora?

 

[cafz]

Picture posted on TOCA FB page of the new Coonamble chargers - twin RTM75s, quite an upgrade from the single RT50 sites.

Not commissioned yet.