Gundagai has all stalls out of action
According to Plugshare, both units at Chargefox Gundagai are back online as of today.
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Gundagai has all stalls out of action
According to Plugshare, both units at Chargefox Gundagai are back online as of today.
All good reasons, and not likely to change quickly, but charging to 100% is only going to make the congestion worse.He made a point at the end that this was due to reliability, uncertainty and low capacity at public DCFCs (probably a wise move if you are unfamiliar with the vehicle and it's real world range) and emphasised that more numerous, more reliable sites would mean this wasn't necessary. (He also had his family including young kids in the car so didn't want to risk getting stuck anywhere.)
Yes this could happen but it could also be argued that the slower charging EV owners are even more frugal so won't want to pay the higher cost to charge at Tesla SC. They might be happy to line up at NRMA freebies.It is going to be interesting when Superchargers are open to slower charging rate cars. I hope we don't see any charging rage between drivers.
I saw a Model 3 bypassing the supercharger queue there last week, raced over to the Chargefox units, plugged in ... and came back to the supercharger queue.According to Plugshare, both units at Chargefox Gundagai are back online as of today.
Someone mentioned this earlier, but its hard to believe the EV charging vendors (NRMA, chargefox, Evie) dont have SLA's with their chargers manufacturers. Any more than a day outage would breach most IT contracts in most other industries.
do they own shares in Tritium?Chargefox and Evie in particular, since they are commercially operated. Those expensive chargers bring in exactly $0 for however long they are broken.
Would a shop or restaurant be happy with an 11 day outage of their EFTPOS capability over christmas?
Plus there's the repetitional damage where people will avoid a site where they have been burned previously, or has a bad plugshare score.
Why aren't these two operators raising hell with Tritium and/or switching brands? It's catastrophic to their business model.
That's the key.do they own shares in Tritium?
Unless I missed it, there's been nothing public about the nature of the commercial relationship these charging providers have for site maintenance and repair.Someone mentioned this earlier, but its hard to believe the EV charging vendors (NRMA, chargefox, Evie) dont have SLA's with their chargers manufacturers. Any more than a day outage would breach most IT contracts in most other industries.
Why aren't these two operators raising hell with Tritium and/or switching brands? It's catastrophic to their business model.
The top-voted sites in Australia so far are:The voting process for proposed superchargers is up and running. You get 5 votes! I made a short youtube on it. Look in the description for the links to the voting page. You need to be logged in to vote!
There have been a few different groups online saying, "don't forget to vote for our official list of Australian sites to ensure we have the best chance". Of course these are different people in different various Facebook groups, so there's no real official list.The voting process for proposed superchargers is up and running. You get 5 votes!
Because we have no superchargers up here I go with "How far will I be able to get from home before I need to charge, and has sufficient infrastructure to support a supercharger." and placed my vote in Katherine. Wasted I know but have to start somewhere.There have been a few different groups online saying, "don't forget to vote for our official list of Australian sites to ensure we have the best chance". Of course these are different people in different various Facebook groups, so there's no real official list.
So here is my completely impartial method:
This leaves:
- Exclude sites which are already under construction, e.g. Cann River.
- Exclude sites which are already guaranteed to be built because they received govt funding, e.g. Orange, Jindabyne, Batemans Bay.
- Exclude sites in cities. These cities already have a number of superchargers, Tesla knows precisely how much they are used, how often, etc. and will build more in cities based on this demand.
- Prioritise sites that are close enough to the rest of the supercharger network (east or west coast networks) to benefit from the "network effect" of being part of a larger network
- De-prioritise sites that are so close to the existing network that they don't expand supercharger reach significantly.
As the front runners.. and one extra of your choice!
- Southern Cross, WA
- Port Augusta, SA
- Campbell Town, Tas
- Apollo Bay, Vic
In reality, Tesla knows exactly where their cars go and where the superchargers are needed, I don't think the results make a difference and I think this is basically a big publicity/engagement thing for them, but go for it anyway.
True that.In reality, Tesla knows exactly where their cars go and where the superchargers are needed, I don't think the results make a difference and I think this is basically a big publicity/engagement thing for them, but go for it anyway.
Agree tesla know where our cars go but tesla don’t really know if the cars would go where there is currently no supercharger. Its the ‘build it and they will come’ type arguementThere have been a few different groups online saying, "don't forget to vote for our official list of Australian sites to ensure we have the best chance". Of course these are different people in different various Facebook groups, so there's no real official list.
So here is my completely impartial method:
This leaves:
- Exclude sites which are already under construction, e.g. Cann River.
- Exclude sites which are already guaranteed to be built because they received govt funding, e.g. Orange, Jindabyne, Batemans Bay.
- Exclude sites in cities. These cities already have a number of superchargers, Tesla knows precisely how much they are used, how often, etc. and will build more in cities based on this demand.
- Prioritise sites that are close enough to the rest of the supercharger network (east or west coast networks) to benefit from the "network effect" of being part of a larger network
- De-prioritise sites that are so close to the existing network that they don't expand supercharger reach significantly.
As the front runners.. and one extra of your choice!
- Southern Cross, WA
- Port Augusta, SA
- Campbell Town, Tas
- Apollo Bay, Vic
In reality, Tesla knows exactly where their cars go and where the superchargers are needed, I don't think the results make a difference and I think this is basically a big publicity/engagement thing for them, but go for it anyway.