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Tesla in Australia
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LGGD
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Dborn
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But not the apple store yet.
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Wonderful event! Was absolutely terrific to be one of the first to receive his car. Couldn't stop smiling for the duration. Car has been set up like my own and it just feels like mine. Will be getting my final car on December 29. First operating supercharger in Australia is set up and working at the Star Casino/event centre. Was taken to see the units all 5 of them. Free for Tesla owners including access to the parking garage.
Gabz
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timpoo
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Great night and was so fantastic to meet many of you. Had a bit too much to drink but oh well! Totally worth the trip.
MangroveMike
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gizmonty
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Umm no. In fact I saw this question put to Stone Strickland and it was the first he had heard of it. I think we can file this under 'rumour - dubious'.
I had a great time last night. The event was very impressive and it was great to put a few faces to names. It was a bit disappointing that there were no Tesla bigwigs present (medium wigs only) and some more information would have been nice, but the supercharger map was great to see at last. It's quite funny that the Melbourne service centre was still a 'to be announced soon'. There were some surprised faces when we told them the address was already on the Tesla website.
Did anyone see the sensationalist news.com.au article?
Tesla electric car saps too much power from Australian energy grids.
Lots of misinformation posted there.
Tesla electric car saps too much power from Australian energy grids.
Lots of misinformation posted there.
TesAus
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It is a rehash of a Sun Herald article that was put up last night whilst we were at the event. Speculate away as to the interested parties that would like to spread such rumours....
Gabz
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well the big problem is 80% of the facts are true.. just wrong conclusions, you'll have a choice of charging a full power and paying for the upgrade or charging at a slower rate.
and some areas of the country do have residential limits as low as 63amps. so yes if you own 2 teslas and a big AC and want to run them all at full power at the same time then yes you'll need to pay for an upgrade. If your on single phase and want 3 phase you'll need to pay for upgrade.
Dborn
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Not just misinformation, complete fabrications. Only one dedicated charger installed in Australia? Everyone who received their car last night has one. Everyone receiving cars this month has one. Probably most confirmed orders has one. Only one supercharger? Actually, two, at the service centre and at the Star. And that is just for starters.
And isn't there 5 at each location?
It also reads as if the HPWC is a minimum of 40A which is just false. Oh well, shows how much of an impact they're expecting Tesla to make I guess.
LGGD
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News Corp's national motoring editor Joshua Dowling (the author of the article which has now been printed in News Corp papers all over the country) must really have it in for Tesla. To embarrass himself with such complete falsehoods he must really have an agenda he is pursuing with vigour.
As heosat pointed out to me on twitter, Simon hackett has talked with Joshua and will show him where he's wrong.
Simon Hackett on Twitter:
doctorwho
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Its so like a Murdoch 'reporter' to not allow facts to get in the way of a good story.
Still, he knows where his paycheque comes from and is lucky to be one of the few journalists with a job in journalism these days so he'll do whatever Rupert wants him to do like all the other News journos.
