Superchargers in Australia

[moa999]

And the next round is now open.

No sites in South Korea.
The competition will be from Japan but it also has 20+ sites.

Lots of possible suburban sites for vote with 6 for Melbourne, 3 for Sydney and 1 in Brisbane and Canberra, then a handful of regional NSW sites (Orange and Batesman Bay already have funding, Braidwood is worth voting for), two in SA and one in Tas (Campbeltown)

Nothing in WA, NT or northern or regional Qld.

Mansfield, Vic is interesting. It had a pin a few years ago before the pin moved and the Yea site opened.

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[odelyrwd88]

Any updates with the Apollo Bay Supercharger?

 

[RichardV]

And the next round is now open.

No sites in South Korea.
The competition will be from Japan but it also has 20+ sites.

Lots of possible suburban sites for vote with 6 for Melbourne, 3 for Sydney and 1 in Brisbane and Canberra, then a handful of regional NSW sites (Orange and Batesman Bay already have funding, Braidwood is worth voting for), two in SA and one in Tas (Campbeltown)

Nothing in WA, NT or northern or regional Qld.

Mansfield, Vic is interesting. It had a pin a few years ago before the pin moved and the Yea site opened.

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Orange one is interesting. The pin location is actually in Borenore just west of Orange. Not sure where the pin was in the previous round.
We have had winery chargers before, why not an Orchard charger?

(Though their is also a winery next door and and pin location may not be accurate at all).
Would need a substation install, but don't all new supercharger installs, but is right on an 11kW line.

I could see this being a supercharger I would actually use. I travel that way often enough.

As for competition from Japan, at least they have 16 sites up which will dilute the vote somewhat and last round did not see high numbers of voting.

 

[moa999]

Any updates with the Apollo Bay Supercharger?

Dedicated threads tend to get created pretty quickly if there is any sign of construction or any council DAs..

So no thread means no news.

and last round did not see high numbers of voting.

Yes. Australia typically outvotes Japan. When we got the 3 sites two rounds ago (Japan got the other 2) there were no Korean sites either.

And this last round was somewhat generous to South Korea - they only had five sites listed.

On the pins, the actual pin location is normally meaningless and often just the centre of the town/ council on Google maps.

I'm not actually sure how meaningful the votes are anyway.
This is just a selection of Tesla's 2-3 year plan and all likely to happen sooner or later subject to finding appropriate sites.

But it possibly means that Orange and Batesman Bay will be at the tail end of the NSW Govt funded sites.

 

[technerdx6000]

These sites to vote for are next to useless for me. I don't have any motivation to vote for any of them. The closest site to me is 1400km away. Thats really useful.

 

[RichardV]

Any updates with the Apollo Bay Supercharger?

Other than a targeting opening of 2024 on Tesla site, often wildly delayed or removed,

not that I have heard.

 

[Vostok]

And the next round is now open.

Are all the sites which didn’t get up in the previous voting round in this new one, or are they all new/different?

 

[Quickst]

I proposed Greta NSW

 

[cafz]

These sites to vote for are next to useless for me. I don't have any motivation to vote for any of them. The closest site to me is 1400km away. Thats really useful.

There's a page to suggest sites for the next round.

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[moa999]

Are all the sites which didn’t get up in the previous voting round in this new one, or are they all new/different?

So long since I voted. The city ones are all new.
But checking back in this thread - appears some similar names regionally.

Superchargers in Australia

@fobo - charging during school holidays could be a bit of a lottery with such a growing number of EVs on the road. The busiest times for most chargers seems to be from around 11am to 3pm. Are you planning to do the drive in one day? I would stop at least 3 times on a drive that long, maybe...

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[Quickst]

No point voting for Orange and Batemans Bay as I heard they are already in the pipeline with NSW funding. Save your votes

 

[RichardV]

These sites to vote for are next to useless for me. I don't have any motivation to vote for any of them. The closest site to me is 1400km away. Thats really useful.

Wiki - Supercharger - Australian Index

I've noticed the list of Superchargers on the Tesla website is missing 8 Superchargers. There's seemingly no pattern to the ones that are missing. For example, it has Campbelltown, the most recently opened Supercharger, but it doesn't list Hollydene (Jerrys Plains) which has been open for years...

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These may help fill in some of the gap to you. Next use the suggest location as noted above to fill in any further gaps that might be needed to get you onto the supercharger network.
Don't have this stop you from voting, expanding the supercharger network will be good for all australians as continued expansion will see continued and expanded use. Manfield for example seems like a really key site for snow season for Victorians traveling up to Mt Buller. I will never likely use it, though maybe I might, I do remeber cycling up to Hotham, different Victoria snow area, in the off season but still managed to get caught out with snow. Maybe Mt Buller might make a good off season cycle trek.

 

[noddy@teamterm]

These sites to vote for are next to useless for me. I don't have any motivation to vote for any of them. The closest site to me is 1400km away. Thats really useful.

More than twice that for me. I always add Katherine NT to the suggested sites. It is about as far as I can get from home without charging.

 

[RichardV]

3 and 5 currently.

 

[SPadival]

Note that additional driver accounts can also vote. I disenfranchised my wife & voted on her behalf - All places far away from my home. Had it with people wanting a supercharger right next to their garage.

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3 and 5 currently.

Leongatha is currently #20 and deserves more love - it's a convenient stop on the way to Wilsons prom.

 

[B3AU]

Note that additional driver accounts can also vote. I disenfranchised my wife & voted on her behalf - All places far away from my home. Had it with people wanting a supercharger right next to their garage.


Leongatha is currently #20 and deserves more love - it's a convenient stop on the way to Wilsons prom.

Yep, anyone with a Tesla account can vote, including Non-Tesla EV drivers - whether or not they've used a supercharger yet

 

[Vostok]

anyone with a Tesla account can vote

Time to get the bots on the job?!?

 

[aegidius]

Suggested St Lawrence Qld - it's midway between Rocky and Mackay which is a fairly long stretch. Also suggested some points north.

 

[moa999]

Not sure when it happened but Armidale, NSW and Mandurah, WA are now listed as 2024 on the Tesla map.

The other grey dots are all still 2023.
Qld - Mackay, Rockhampton, Miriam Vale, Bundaberg
NSW - Wagga Wagga, Holbrook
Vic - Bairnsdale
Tas - Hobart
WA - Lancelin

Lancelin is the only site with construction spotted.

 

[moa999]

Interesting analysis of US superchargers

https://twitter.com/x/status/1683660858218487811

Australia wins for Winery locations.