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- Tue, 23 Jun 2020, 08:01
- Forum: EV Motoring
- Topic: Australia's first Electric Highway!
- Replies: 360
- Views: 70358
Re: Australia's first Electric Highway!
Because rac weren't interested in maintaining it and chargefox probably got access to the infrastructure for a bargain. My guess is long term they will no doubt upgrade to tritiums It's still the "RAC Electric Highway" - the RAC has only changed which companies are responsible for billing...
- Sat, 07 Sep 2019, 12:38
- Forum: Charging Infrastructure
- Topic: RAC Electric Highway(TM) Feedback Thread.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16331
Re: RAC Electric Highway(TM) Feedback Thread.
I tried to connect two cars, one to AC and one to DC but it wouldn’t activate the second car. Is that an error or intentional? (Busselton 7/9/19 2x Kona EV- type 2 and CCS2) It should work, or at least it worked in 2016 when we tested an i3 on CCS and a Tesla on AC at the same time Note that the be...
- Wed, 15 Aug 2018, 11:54
- Forum: Charging Infrastructure
- Topic: How DC chargers work
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4566
Re: How DC chargers work
I've been trying to work out how a DC fast charger works, as in internally not how they charge charge a car. They rectify AC into DC, use the DC to drive IGBTs at a high frequency to create AC and then rectify that back into DC at the desired voltage. And as Rusdy says they tend to just have a very...
- Wed, 30 May 2018, 11:12
- Forum: Charging Infrastructure
- Topic: AEVA charge facilities
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2174
Re: AEVA charge facilities
well the idea behind the AEVA/TOCA sockets was to fill in the gaps and allow people to circumnavigate the country - which is why most of them are "in the sticks" The WA Branch of AEVA got sponsorship from our local power retailer (Synergy) to extend that by creating a grid of 100km between...
- Wed, 30 May 2018, 08:37
- Forum: Charging Infrastructure
- Topic: AEVA charge facilities
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2174
Re: AEVA charge facilities
https://www.plugshare.com/location/98986
https://www.plugshare.com/location/131046
https://www.plugshare.com/location/131057
Probably more too, these are just what I found clicking around
- Mon, 21 May 2018, 19:02
- Forum: General EV Discussion
- Topic: Royal Wedding EV
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1740
Re: Royal Wedding EV
The car was featured on Fully Charged last year
- Tue, 08 May 2018, 09:50
- Forum: Renault
- Topic: Renault EVs
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9833
Re: Renault EVs
I thought it was half the price of the cheapest Teslas, and should be comparable to the Model3 if it ever gets here. I meant compared with what I paid. :oops: The Zoe is almost exactly a third the price of the cheapest Tesla (~$45k vs ~$133k in WA) and about 80% of what I expect the base Model 3 wi...
- Tue, 08 May 2018, 08:54
- Forum: Renault
- Topic: Renault EVs
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9833
Re: Renault EVs
PS Chris - you're very kind on the Zoe performance - it's the slowest EV on the market by some way - 0-100kph in 13.5 seconds is pedestrian at best. I took the Zoe for a lap after Chris last night, and I was impressed with its zippiness too. We were in suburbia - 60km/h and 70km/h zones - and the Z...
- Sat, 28 Apr 2018, 11:23
- Forum: Batteries, charging, management and monitoring
- Topic: Arvio 3.5kWh drop-in-battery-replacement supercapacitor on sale
- Replies: 385
- Views: 110647
Re: Arvio 3.5kWh drop-in-battery-replacement supercapacitor on sale
Not that phosphine or phosporous are pleasant, but HF is particularly nasty
- Wed, 25 Apr 2018, 07:57
- Forum: Renault
- Topic: Renault EVs now available in Oz
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10686
- Wed, 18 Apr 2018, 13:30
- Forum: Charging Infrastructure
- Topic: The Energy Retailers Strike Back. Will Cheap Off Peak Rates Kill Battery Storage?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3510
Re: The Energy Retailers Strike Back. Will Cheap Off Peak Rates Kill Battery Storage?
The battery is only used in off peak where the power at $0.14/kWh. Why would you do that? Makes more sense to use it between sunset and 9pm (on weekdays) and save $0.50/kWh And why take into account the supply charge? Not paying a power bill at all would be nice, but the supply charge bears no rele...
- Mon, 01 Jan 2018, 17:48
- Forum: General EV Discussion
- Topic: Driving an EV in slow moving traffic?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5012
Re: Driving an EV in slow moving traffic?
I hear that in a Tesla you can turn the creep off. Yes in a Tesla "creep" is optional. I've always driven manual cars & find creep annoying in automatics, so I've never turned it on. And the mapping on the accelerator pedal is awesome. It's easy to crawl along at very slow speeds, whi...
- Mon, 27 Nov 2017, 18:00
- Forum: General EV Discussion
- Topic: 61 EV's charging simultaneously
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1463
Re: 61 EV's charging simultaneously
There were (at least) 5 Teslas charging @ 32A 3phase, 6 @ 24A 3phase and 23 @ 16A 3phase
And the voltage was a steady 250V so just those cars alone drew 504kW
And the voltage was a steady 250V so just those cars alone drew 504kW
- Wed, 27 Sep 2017, 17:10
- Forum: Charging Infrastructure
- Topic: Electric Vehicle Charging Hub in Adelaide
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4863
- Wed, 27 Sep 2017, 15:53
- Forum: Charging Infrastructure
- Topic: Electric Vehicle Charging Hub in Adelaide
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4863
Electric Vehicle Charging Hub in Adelaide
Adelaide charged up as hub for electric vehicles
The centre of Adelaide now has 4x Tesla Superchargers, 2x Tritium Veefil (CHAdeMO & CCS) and 2x Schneider EVLink (Type2 socket - BYO Type2-Type2 or Type2-Type1 cable)
The centre of Adelaide now has 4x Tesla Superchargers, 2x Tritium Veefil (CHAdeMO & CCS) and 2x Schneider EVLink (Type2 socket - BYO Type2-Type2 or Type2-Type1 cable)
- Mon, 25 Sep 2017, 12:23
- Forum: Renault
- Topic: Renault EVs
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9833
Re: Renault EVs
Renault Australia has confirmed it will import both the pure-electric ZOE supermini and Kangoo ZE van to Australian businesses and governmental organisations. The updated long-range ZOE, which was introduced back in late 2016 in Europe, will be available here in two grades priced either side of $45,...
- Fri, 08 Sep 2017, 15:12
- Forum: Tesla EVs
- Topic: Model 3 details firmed up
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3675
Re: Model 3 details firmed up
The same as servicing the existing Tesla.
For small jobs they come to you (Ranger service) and for big jobs you go to them (even in Perth, where they have temporary space @ McCarthy Prestige until they have their own space)
- Sun, 06 Aug 2017, 10:07
- Forum: AEVA WA Branch
- Topic: City of Swan fast charger - 13 Aug Open Day
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3550
City of Swan fast charger - 13 Aug Open Day
Hi All City of Swan recently installed a 50kW Delta DC Fast charger with CHAdeMO and CCS1 cables, and a 7kW AC charger with Type-1 (J1772) cable. https://s3.amazonaws.com/plugshare.production.photos/photos/215462.jpg https://api.plugshare.com/view/location/118450 They've been using them with their o...
- Thu, 27 Jul 2017, 03:52
- Forum: Batteries, charging, management and monitoring
- Topic: Synergy charging stations - WA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1584
Synergy charging stations - WA
I wonder who headed up the new City of Swan fast DC charger . Judging from the no discussion here, not from AEVA then? It's good news either way, and being in Midland, that's a perfect spot for my degrading Leaf trying to go to Swan Valley! It's for City of Swan staff use only right now, but they w...
- Wed, 21 Jun 2017, 00:05
- Forum: Electric motors and controllers
- Topic: ATV Quad
- Replies: 42
- Views: 10730
ATV Quad
Kyphonii wrote: How to load a image on the post ?
It's a bit tricky, which is why there's a dedicated thread explaining how.
- Fri, 05 May 2017, 06:59
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: real time electricity generation
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5141
real time electricity generation
Does that mean you've found someone who can do the pairing? Cheers, My Dad found someone (after many years of hassling both Western Power and Synergy) and had the Eagle working for a while, but it recently stopped working again. Can these be used with the "Smart Meters" we have in WA? Not...
- Thu, 04 May 2017, 17:18
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: real time electricity generation
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5141
real time electricity generation
I inquired to synergy/western power but it seem there is no infrastructure that allowed them to do monitor or even read the meter remotely. A small number of homes had even smarter "smart meters" installed via the Solar City Program - Western Power is able to read these remotely, and they...
- Fri, 28 Apr 2017, 21:06
- Forum: General EV Discussion
- Topic: Tesla 85KWh battery and running gear
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3045
Tesla 85KWh battery and running gear
Richo wrote:
How many modules are there? 17?
The 85kWh packs have 16 modules (7104 cells)
For AUD$20k that seems like a bargain.. Even more so if the running gear is included
- Mon, 06 Mar 2017, 16:21
- Forum: General EV Discussion
- Topic: DIY Conversions nearly dead ?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14414
DIY Conversions nearly dead ?
I would say its the death of the niche EV component manufactures and suppliers.The small guys making motors and controllers and battery's. I expect some of them will diversify into making kits for combining commonly found salvage drivetrains into popular cars. Just like you can buy kits to fit V8s ...
- Sat, 08 Oct 2016, 22:02
- Forum: Tesla EVs
- Topic: Richards Around Australia Trip
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1922
Richards Around Australia Trip
And a special mention to Jeff who's doing the same thing in a clockwise direction, in a Leaf.
Leaf around Oz
He's just left Perth after a longer-than-expected break for work reasons.
Leaf around Oz
He's just left Perth after a longer-than-expected break for work reasons.