Superchargers in Australia

[Max Spaghetti]

Indeed

And I have used Campbelltown, Yass and Wagga. Heard nothing!

I've used Campbelltown and Yass, but no email.

I've used Euroa (VIC) a few times recently - that's a high usage site that tends to offer an "adjusting charge limit to 80%" advice due to high usage. That's an early build site that could use extra bays and/or V4 upgrade (I'm talking proper substation upgrade). It's currently 6 sites sharing 130kW per pair which is not enough for the current traffic let alone future traffic.

 

[Vostok]

I received the email yesterday at 2pm, I have used Yass and Wollongong superchargers in the past.

If you didn’t get the email, try switching your email settings from “Standard” to “Advanced”.

 

[RichardV]

I've used Euroa (VIC) a few times recently - that's a high usage site that tends to offer an "adjusting charge limit to 80%" advice due to high usage. That's an early build site that could use extra bays and/or V4 upgrade (I'm talking proper substation upgrade). It's currently 6 sites sharing 130kW per pair which is not enough for the current traffic let alone future traffic.

If Tesla had proceeded with their planned 10-20 stall site at Benalla that should of taken at lot of the load off of Euroa.

 

[B3AU]

For all the moaning and complaining about the preauth amount Evie (and some other networks) have in place, I wonder what amount Tesla will use in Australia.

In the UK, the preauth amount is 20 pounds (currently about ~38AUD)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1777653679727759630

In Germany, it's 25 EUR (~41AUD)

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In Norway, it's 100 NOK (~14AUD)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1751366695082488233

And for what it's worth, sessions started using the Tesla app in Australia currently have a $10 preauthorisation.

(Screenshot from a friend who recently did some road tripping in a Cupra)

So I wonder.... will it be the same $10AUD preauthorisation on the V4 payment terminals, as it is in the app.

Or could we see as much as $40, (the equivalent to the GBP/EUR amount) in our local currency.

 

[Onshore]

What do petrol stations preauth if you pay at the pump?

 

[B3AU]

What do petrol stations preauth if you pay at the pump?

I think most of the pay@pump stations are gone; they want you to use their app now to pay at the pump instead. Or one could say they want you to go in store and play for expensive chocolates and drinks and snacks...
(using apps is probably cheaper/safer than pump mounted payment terminals anyway!)
Not sure what the preauth is for sessions started from the apps are either.

For Costco, you choose the amount you want to preauth, and the pump will fill to that $ amount.
(eg you tap/insert card, pick $50, and it'll fill to $50. If you fill less than that, of course you're only charged for what you used, but like any other preauth, depending on your card issuer is how long it'll take for the difference to drop off)

 

[Onshore]

I think most of the pay@pump stations are gone;

Still pretty common in USA, and Europe has them at unmanned petrol stations

 

[B3AU]

Still pretty common in USA

This is a 'Superchargers in Australia' thread, so I figured an Australian response would be best suited. ;-)

(I don't know if any of the V4 contactless payment terminals are live in the US, to find out what the preauth is in the US)

 

[Onshore]

This is a 'Superchargers in Australia' thread, so I figured an Australian response would be best suited. ;-)

It is, but you quoted preauth charges for UK, Norway and Germany like 3 posts back

 

[Quickst]

common in USA

In USA it's still common to "preauth" by having to go into store counter and prepay in cash.

 

[Onshore]

In USA it's still common to "preauth" by having to go into store counter and prepay in cash.

Not a sign of a high trust society

 

[moa999]

think most of the pay@pump stations are gone; they want you to use their app now to pay at the pump instead

Yep. Ampol is all via the app (same as for their EV charging). Think BP might be the same.

 

[Midnight Man]

One would argue that the more congested city sites (eg Broadway and Macquarie Park) would also benefit quite a bit from an upgrade to V3/V4

I was at Broadway a couple of weeks ago, and noted with interest that near all the disabled parking spots next to the supercharger had black painted hash-lines all across their surrounds, and a lot of other markings on the ground near the ends of these spots "P3" and the like.

If I didn't know better, I would say it looked to me like they were going to take over the disabled parking spots with more supercharging bays.

Mind - this is my take on what it looked like to me, I know nothing official etc!

 

[Zoltrix77]

And I have used Campbelltown, Yass and Wagga. Heard nothing!

(Double checks Gmail spam folder. Nope)

I am from Victoria, received no emails at all.

 

[doggy1]

I am from Victoria, received no emails at all.

Could you have turned off notifications? Or maybe they are going to SPAM? Do you receive the marketing ones (recently, Cybertruck info, Tesla Model 3P test drives and the like?)

I get the marketing ones and also received the V3-V4 upgrade one. But I had used one of those SC sites quite recently....

 

[B3AU]

New site in Victoria, spotted by @moa999 Supercharger - Campbellfield, Vic

(Side note, it seems PlugShare has finally gotten rid of the stupid 'Tesla' and 'Tesla (Fast)' plug types.

Un the US it's now 'Tesla (NACS)', so regardless of which Tesla model you have in PlugShare or your country, the stupid Tesla/Tesla (Fast) plugs seem to finally be gone).

Hopefully this leads to less confusion when people start using the app Hungry Jack's Fawkner (Coming Soon) | Campbellfield, VIC | EV Station)

 

[rx80]

Anyone know about the impending 8x SC v4 stalls in Chatswood Place (apparently not Chatswood Chase)
I see someone took a video in FB, at this point only the cabinets are in there.

 

[Midnight Man]

Anyone know about the impending 8x SC v4 stalls in Chatswood Place (apparently not Chatswood Chase)
I see someone took a video in FB, at this point only the cabinets are in there.

Can you link to the video please?

 

[B3AU]

Can you link to the video please?

Linked in @moa999's Chatswood thread Supercharger - Sydney (Chatswood), NSW

 

[Vostok]

Interesting article, albeit from a US perspective:

Musk's Whiplash Spells Chaos for EV Charging

Recent moves undermine confidence even as the industry adopts Tesla’s Supercharger

spectrum.ieee.org