Supercharger - Macquarie Park, NSW

[rohan_aus]

I think ChargePoint are giving up on Australia which is a bit sad, but all their gear locally seems to be J-1772.

I've heard from a couple of sources in the past 6 months that Chargefox have been trying to sell their Australian network but are asking far far too much considering the ageing and outdated equipment. I suspect they'll just cut their losses and leave, existing chargepoint chargers just won't be supported anymore and once broken will be removed.

 

[moa999]

Tom with a video coming from the NorthWest/ Herring Rd side.

Think key point is to take the furthest entrance when you come up the ramp, then just follow the Valet signs.

 

[moa999]

I've heard from a couple of sources in the past 6 months that Chargefox have been trying to sell their Australian network but are asking far far too much considering the ageing and outdated equipment. I suspect they'll just cut their losses and leave, existing chargepoint chargers just won't be supported anymore and once broken will be removed.

Did you meant Chargepoint in the first sentence?

 

[rohan_aus]

Did you meant Chargepoint in the first sentence?

Apologies, yes! Chargepoint... Just so used to writing Chargefox!

 

[shanelord]

Tom with a video coming from the NorthWest/ Herring Rd side.

Think key point is to take the furthest entrance when you come up the ramp, then just follow the Valet signs.

Yep - there are also red Tesla Superchargers direction signs installed now on some of the ramps.

As an aside: that's my black Model S in Tom's video - he's a nice guy and always up for a chat.

Thanks,
Shane.

 

[rohan_aus]

Interesting... Supercharger now live in-car and on Teslas website.

In-car shows correct 8 stalls (despite the 5 charging cabinets), but Teslas website shows 10 stalls.. but there's only 8 stalls currently there. Must be awaiting parts for the extra two, or they're future proofing and will add them down the track.

 

[moa999]

Were the 22kW chargers at Macquarie ever listed on Plugshare? It's only the Supercharger listed now.

 

[Hairyman]

Were the 22kW chargers at Macquarie ever listed on Plugshare? It's only the Supercharger listed now.

I think Macquarie only ever had 7kW ChargePoint chargers. They were on PlugShare

 

[ARMARM]

Were the 22kW chargers at Macquarie ever listed on Plugshare? It's only the Supercharger listed now.

Yes the Chargepoint chargers were on Plugshare ... but people mucked around with the location attempting to add the Supercharger, the problem is Plugshare will only add a Supercharger when it's officially added to Teslas website, which it now has been.

 

[Chuq]

Were the 22kW chargers at Macquarie ever listed on Plugshare? It's only the Supercharger listed now.

Might be this separate entry? PlugShare - Find Electric Vehicle Charging Locations Near You

 

[moa999]

Ah ok. Had Type 1 turned off that explains it.
Photo from today showing both spots in use and no-one at the Tesla stations

 

[bwooce]

Tried this today with ~4 in use. Plugged in at ~60%, started charging and then took the whole string down. We were not the most popular visitors with the other cars, but this must be a faulty install. As of this writing it's not showing the stall status e.g. n/8 so I assume it's still broken.

 

[bwooce]

...and back online.

 

[Fazza]

btw note: even though this site is open 24/7 - the lights in that area go out completely after 2am..even though in the same level the lights are come on with sensors.. Think mac centre management need to upgrade the lights now where the super chargers are to activate with sensors because it's not part of the valet parking area

 

[BirdOfPrey]

Quick visit today (Sat 15/03) - all stalls dead. 2 model Xs were already parked and plugged in so it might've worked earlier, but no luck for us and additional cars that arrived at the same time with us.

 

[ZeeDoktor]

Arrived there at about 4pm and all Tesla chargers were dead. Glad I was just there for a gander so I'd find it when I need it in the future.

 

[Vostok]

Arrived there at about 4pm and all Tesla chargers were dead. Glad I was just there for a gander so I'd find it when I need it in the future.

Well the install contractor is unlikely to get another Tesla gig any time soon if they’ve screwed it up

 

[Shock-On-T]

I think it was just a teething problem. Only seemed to be down for a few hours and only installed few days ago.
Still it is a bit sloppy of the installer if the problem was load when full, likely scenario given time of outage was lunchtime Saturday at a shopping centre.

 

[ARMARM]

Announcements from Tesla are usually in the form of an email about 3 months after the SC has opened!

Pretty much! Got this email a few days ago.

 

[moa999]

And got the number wrong (unless it's changed)