Supercharger - Cann River, Vic

[jonLV]

First post from me, Hi All
I swung into a servo at the top of Traralgon to fill up my dino juice outlander and there was a rather interesting truck sat next to me.
I had to ask the guys what they were up to and where they are going...
Well it turns out it is the 3 stall Cann River supercharger, or at least it will be when it rocks up this afternoon and gets bodged together
Hope she's up and running real soon.
I'd post the pic i got of it but I cant suss out how to post it here

 

[RichardV]

I'd post the pic i got of it but I cant suss out how to post it here

As a new member I think you need a few posts, maybe 5(?), before the option to post images appears.

 

[moa999]

@jonLV
Alternately post it on the Plugshare entry for Cann River - and someone can grab it from there.

 

[jonLV]

@jonLV
Alternately post it on the Plugshare entry for Cann River - and someone can grab it from there.

done.
I wouldn't be surprised if they are fitting them right now.
exciting stuff.

 

[jonLV]

As a new member I think you need a few posts, maybe 5(?), before the option to post images appears.

I should reply to this to get my posts up.

 

[jonLV]

I should reply to this to get my posts up.

I should reply to this too

 

[jonLV]

Traralgon yesterday, likely Cann River today

 

[Stratman]

So, does that mean Chargefox have only installed one station at Cann River and Tesla are installing 3 stations on the other 3 slabs in Ward st?

 

[moa999]

So, does that mean Chargefox have only installed one station at Cann River and Tesla are installing 3 stations on the other 3 slabs in Ward st?

That was the plan. Though the installed charger is Vic DCAV/CTR which will be billed by Evie.

 

[WoodWombat]

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Traralgon yesterday, likely Cann River today

Interesting that they clearly state on the packaging how to strap the item down. Must really take the guesswork out of transport.

Thanks for taking the time to post this excellent random encounter to help slake our thirst for info on this site.

 

[RareEarth]

Well if any chargers are up and running in Cann River by about 20th December it will get our coastal trip to Adelaide off to a good start. Still haunted by the Chargefox chargers in Cooma though, sitting there for nearly a year before power was connected.

 

[moa999]

Exactly.. you never really know how quickly things open (I suspect its mostly a delay at the grid end).

Evie Cameron Park at 2 months, and Evie Lawson almost a month

 

[leonk]

Just a guess, but considering Orbost and Cann river are both coming up. Ausnet probably want to go out once to connect them all up.

 

[RareEarth]

Someone has noted on Plugshare that "Council advises Ausgrid will connect power in 6 to 8 weeks time." Oh well.

 

[jonLV]

So, does that mean Chargefox have only installed one station at Cann River and Tesla are installing 3 stations on the other 3 slabs in Ward st?

I understand the Tesla superchargers being government funded will be available to all EV owners not just Tesla owners.
Assuming these fall into that bracket, this deployment may be the first of many at Cann River.
Definitely the best company to be doing this, they move fast, monitor everything and have the highest reliability by a country mile.
I'm tempted to buy shares

 

[jonLV]

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Traralgon yesterday, likely Cann River today

find myself a little disapointed in this picture now...
just to the right of the image is the Loy-Yang brown coal power plant, the clouds you see are from the cooling towers.
This picture would have been so much better having it and the tech that's going to shut that polluting monstrosity down for good in the foreground.
hindsight huh?

 

[moa999]

I understand the Tesla superchargers being government funded will be available to all EV owners not just Tesla owners.
Assuming these fall into that bracket, this deployment may be the first of many at Cann River.

The Evie unit has received some combination of Federal LRCI or Vic state government CTR funding.

But don't believe the Tesla units have anything attached (the only grant Tesla has received is in the recently announced NSW program).
However Elon has basically said they will open up most of their chargers globally anyway, and have begun doing that in Europe.

 

[dmov]

This photo was just posted on Facebook showing the Tesla superchargers being installed: Facebook

 

[moa999]

From Majella W on the ToA FB forum.

Less good.. is the guys working on the site told her it might be February to April until they are up and running

(Does seem strange to me that Tesla would install hardware that far in advance)

 

[Vostok]

Still haunted by the Chargefox chargers in Cooma though, sitting there for nearly a year before power was connected.

Similar thing happened to Chargefox Karuah. They were installed and sitting there for about 9 months, firstly due to bushfires at the end of 2019 delaying Ausgrid connection, then Covid. It finally opened in June 2020.