@Chuq This came across my Twitter stream.
Climate Council on Twitter
Is this an AEVA initiative?
24/7 charging in Macquarie Point Hobart.
I don't think so - they may have chatted to Clive (our state branch Treasurer in the picture) but it's not part of the DC charger project. Having said that, it's the next best thing - two Type 2 sockets, one Tesla destination charger, all 22kW (to my knowledge), free (except for the parking cost, but I'm sure Sydney/Melbourne residents will laugh at how cheap it is!), 24/7, never ICE'd (noting I've never been there on weekdays, only evenings and weekends), and close to both the city and waterfront - lots of facilities.
News on the DC charger network though:
- City of Launceston is installing a 50kW Tritium DC charger (2-3 weeks away from going live). This is inspired by, but not part of the Electric Highway Tasmania project. While EHT were just looking for site hosts, City of Launceston is buying, installing and operating it themselves. EHT are happy with this as they only want to "fill in the gaps" and this also keeps their funds available for other sites.
City of Hobart is planning a DC fast charger (slightly different location to the one in this article) which will be >50kW from what I can gather. I'm not sure if this is with EHT or going it alone (like Launceston).
- City of Burnie has just completed a call for EOIs for a DC fast charger. EHT had been speaking to them, I guess they decided to cover their ass legally by doing the EOI process.
A fair bit of activity