Supercharger - Melbourne (Box Hill), Vic

[moa999]

Looks like we've got one of the Q1 2023 sites under construction.

The Nunawading / Wheelers Hill site in Melbourne East.
Matches the HomeCo Box Hill address that momentarily appeared a few weeks back, though that still has the seemingly spurious Wheelers Hill title.

With thanks to Bruce on the TM3YAU FB group.

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[Zoltrix77]

You'll be able to visit repco and look at oil bottles. Stand by my statement that this is a crap location.

Good find though!

 

[moa999]

It's in a larger HomeCo site (I think ex- Masters).
No Supermarkets but a Decathlon, and the GyG restaurant/Mexican fastfood is open 7am-midnight according to Google.

Not perfect I agree but I think finding city sites with sufficient power isn't easy.

 

[dmaunder]

It's in a larger HomeCo site (I think ex- Masters).
No Supermarkets but a Decathlon, and the GyG restaurant/Mexican fastfood is open 7am-midnight according to Google.

Not perfect I agree but I think finding city sites with sufficient power isn't easy.

There are public toilets in there as well, probably same hours as GyG. Also a short walk to bunnings, plus a bunch of other food options 200m down Middleborough Road.

 

[Maximillan]

There are public toilets in there as well, probably same hours as GyG.

It's always a safe strategy to have alignment between access to toilet facilities and Mexican food.

 

[brainrevisited]

Seriously crap location. Way too far from the M3 to make it a useful arterial option. Who is actually going to use this? Also it is quite close to the Camberwell charger (which is often not that highly utilised).

The right location is Ringwood near the M3 / Maroondah Highway junction.

 

[Tasdoc]

Probably a good option for apartment dwellers, there’re lots of them in Box Hill. Installing EV chargers in apartment parking lots is still PITA

 

[BoxHillTourer]

Took some updated photos yesterday. Hard to tell how many stalls, maybe 8?

 

[moa999]

Quite a lot of earthworks. Hard to tell until concrete and pipes go in.
We might also see part superchargers, part destination chargers (as we got at Margaret River) which imho is more appropriate for a suburban site with shopping facilities.

 

[cafz]

Took some updated photos yesterday. Hard to tell how many stalls, maybe 8?

It'd be surprising if it wasn't a multiple of 3.

 

[Aussie M3]

6 apparently given the numbers just advised for NSW we need a few more regionally also

 

[brainrevisited]

Probably a good option for apartment dwellers, there’re lots of them in Box Hill. Installing EV chargers in apartment parking lots is still PITA

Installing 20 destination chargers at Box Hill Central would be a better way to solve for this need in my view.

With the current cost of supercharging, it is not very economical as an apartment owner to charge there solely.

 

[Aussie M3]

Destination chargers are up to Boxhill central then as happens at other destination chargers people think they parking spots for electric vehicles. More that apartment building management need to be helping tenants not hindering

 

[Tasdoc]

Installing 20 destination chargers at Box Hill Central would be a better way to solve for this need in my view.

With the current cost of supercharging, it is not very economical as an apartment owner to charge there solely.

The number of Tesla owners who don't have access to overnight Level 2 chargers will only increase over time. I think sooner or later Tesla will introduce a subscription model where you could pay much less per kWh as long as you commit to spend certain amount of $ per month

 

[joninmelbourne]

So many Melbourne superchargers in a few kilometres of each other. Northern suburbs have a big gap in coverage.

 

[dmov]

I was in the area today so went to check on progress. Doesn’t look like much has happened in the last few weeks, but there has been a delivery.

 

[moa999]

4 boxes.. so possibly a 12-stall site (assuming the usual 3:1, other than Tenterfield).

Reportedly also some deliveries at Wollongong but no photos yet.

At least that suggest to me that this site won't be substantially delayed as the Wheeler Hill change (in recent weeks dot moved from Q1 2023 to Q4 2023) suggested. Maybe they meant Q4 2022.

 

[moa999]

Article from Riz.
Not sure if he's got any new sources, or just making the same assumptions based on the boxes.

Tesla's biggest supercharger site in Australia to open next month

Tesla to open its first 12-stall V3 Supercharging site in Australia early next year, as charging options expand to keep up with leap in EV uptake.

thedriven.io

 

[dmov]

Latest photos on Plugshare suggest 10 stalls. That seems strange though when V3 superchargers usually come in groups of 3.

 

[moa999]

Latest photos on Plugshare suggest 10 stalls. That seems strange though when V3 superchargers usually come in groups of 3.

Thanks. Hadn't looked at the Plugshare entry recently. Does look like 10 then based on the digging.

HomeCo Box Hill - Repco Auto Parts | Box Hill South, VIC | EV Station

Box Hill, VIC 12 Superchargers, available 24/7, up to 250kW CCS Compatibility This Supercharger is open to Tesla vehicles and Non-Tesla vehicles with CCS compatibility

www.plugshare.com

So looks like there will be two end stalls that would be ideal for those with plugs on the opposite side (if Tesla opens these ones up)