Electrify America has installed their sites like this in the States and people regularly complain about not having redundant CHAdeMO connectors. Also, in the States, the CHAdeMO connector is the only officially supported way to charge a Tesla at these sites. Obviously, that is not the case in Australia since the Teslas will be adding to the CCS2 demand.
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Victoria Charging the Regions EV network
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Presumably in due course the CHAdeMO plug could be replaced with a CCS2 plug pretty easily on these units, once CHAdeMO has been given its last rites.
Obviously there’s no point doing that on the units which only support charging on one plug at a time.
Yep. Different in the US because Tesla's either fall into the none (if they don't have an adapter) or CHAdeMO camps it's probably more even in terms of what car uses what. Ignoring the small number with the privately imported and $$ Setec CCS1 convertor.
In Australia I'd say we are probably already at a ratio of 4:1 of cars on the road being CCS2:CHAdeMO and that stat is growing.
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What was beginning SoC and was the battery hot?
Quite a few entries in the 52-54kW range which suggests above 50kW, but no-one has reached the 60s.
Congratulations to all involved on the completion of a fantastic network which has greatly improved regional Victoria for EV owners and future owners.
Well, it'd be a wrap of that specific project. A lot more councils are members of the CVGA so they could look at this one and another sub-group of councils could decide to be part of the next one!
Good result on the charge rates as well. The original proposal was mostly 25 kW units (about 80% of them). It would have been a lost opportunity if it went this way. I think mostly 50 kW which can be upgraded to 75 kW is a good result.
100%! Probably the highest population black spots for fast charging nationally.
Didn't CTR get funded by a Vic government grant?
Didn't Vic Govt say that they would use their EV tax revenue to fund EV infrastructure?
Hmmm....
I recall reading an article on Electrek probably more than 2 years ago now that had this on Tesla’s “to do” list… but they still haven’t done it. So, that means it will be “soon” in Tesla-time.
I use Plugshare with filters on to do most of my trip planning if there’s plently of fat in my travels (I have Model 3 LR), i.e. just see where the DCFCs are and eyeball it. If things look like they might get a bit squeaky-bum I use ABRP.
It's available in certain countries in Europe, just not Australia yet. I'm not sure which other networks they include, but it would be a safe guess that there is a certain minimum standard, on number of stalls and/or charge speed - e.g. single stall 50 kW sites, like many of the ones in this grant round, probably won't meet that standard.
Side note - this new grant round is different to the Charging The Regions network, should it be split out into a separate thread? "Destination Charging Across Victoria" or "Victorian Government DCAV fast chargers"? Thoughts @moa999 @meloccom ?
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