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Talk about picky. Every new BEV available in Australia. Can't we just be happy about thousands of new chargers being installed?

Distribution network company Ausgrid and Sydney based startup JOLT have announced an ambitious plan to add electric vehicle charging facilities to streetside electrical distribution kiosks. This article was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald (https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-plan-to-turn-s...

I guess it depends if roll-out expediency and low budget are key driving factors, rather than ultimate customer experience. It doesn't have to be a compromise. The Tas Government put up less money than this ($550,000) and got ten sites with 1x 50kW and two with 2x 350 kW (obviously the station oper...

25 kW Chargers are sooo much easier to install - no dicking around with the utility, just a sparky and a half a day's work. They certainly are, and they're fine for many of the towns here, but they're not the right tool for the job of electrifying a major regional highway. Besides, an Ioniq can't r...

So yes, slower charging means more time in the town, where do they draw the line? Why don't they just install 7 kW chargers then? Or 15A power points? 25 kW is too slow to be useful on a road trip. When people ask "can I go from Melbourne to Mildura in an EV as easily as a petrol car?" the answer wi...

kW and kWh are really weird ones. They are back to front to what people are used to (the h at the end is usually /h or "per hour" and refers to a rate, but in this case it refers to a multiple). If speeds and distances were measured this way, speed limits would be in the form of "80 km (kilometres)"...

So in the absence of a suitable circular tag holder, I made a temporary makeshift version: https://i.imgur.com/SFJ179qh.jpg Sit it up while at a fast charger for 25 minutes yesterday. No-one needed the spot, but then they may not have checked the dash. Clearly visible though. What do people think? V...

Just to bump this post :) I've just found that the ABC has a publicly accessible style guide for their journalists: https://about.abc.net.au/abc-editorial/the-abc-style-guide They welcome updates from the public. At first I thought that we should provide details on a few frequently misused terms in ...

Consistency certainly isn't a thing...



One of the worst is (not on the diagram) the i-MieV Minicab, which has the charge port on the side, almost exactly halfway between the front and back.

Great info! Welcome to AEVA and the forum.. probably the first Mini electric owner on here

I just sent you a message without having an account myself. Sorry, but you knew it would happen... I just came here to say, who sent this? :P https://i.imgur.com/wGMTo13l.png I had a red "1" on my app icon (suggesting a notification), but it didn't pop up a notification on my lock screen as I expec...

Nagaman wrote: ↑Sat, 26 Sep 2020, 12:10 Highway 1 from Moe to Narooma is 546 km and no fast charging facility.
The Newell Highway is also undernourished.

This thread appears to be about accommodation charging?

Do you want to "force" (legally) businesses to introduce charging facilities? I'm guessing doug doesn't mean a legal minimum. Just something that can be provided to accommodation providers as the most basic, useful service to offer. My guess would be a 15A power point. All EV owners have a portable...

This is another option that I've seen around recently: https://www.needtocharge.com/ Basically you sign up and put a little sign (size of a rego window sticker) on your dash. People can contact you via the app or website by entering your rego. It keeps your email/phone number obscured. The benefit i...

So the tender document is available - the sites, and respective chargers are: 2x 50 kW: Ouyen 1x 50 kW: Maryborough, Kerang 2x 25 kW: Robinvale, Echuca, Bendigo, Shepparton 1x 25 kW: Swan Hill, Cohuna, Inglewood, Newbridge, Wedderburn, Wycheproof, Sea Lake, Castlemaine, Harcourt, Whittlesea, Sale I'...

Not completely. There is a fast DC charger at North Wollongong University on Innovation Way that still has a CCS1 plug. The count of such chargers are in the single digits I think. Many are not being supported by their installer, many have been or are being replaced with CCS2 and there certainly ar...

How the map looks now: Dots are slightly different size due to the old site not working and needing to find a new way to generate the map. Grey dots are "less likely / less precise / longer term" ones. The CVGA announcement only mentions 5 locations by name. There are another 10 but town names not m...

Victorian Government is funding 15 charging stations in NW Victoria, as per this press release: https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/new-electric-vehicle-charge-stations-north-west-victoria It's a bit light on details. But I've done the homework for you! No mention of AC or DC charging stations, however: ...

Please, don't share John Cadogan videos. He riles people up to get clicks. A professional troll.

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Yes, a post in the Tas forum!! :) Evie Networks' ultra-rapid charging site in Campbell Town will soon be opening - and it's also the five year anniversary of the AEVA Tasmanian branch's launch. We would love to see electric vehicles owners from across Tasmania gather in the middle of our state to ce...

One of our AEVA Tas members posted this in our local group, seeing as I hadn't heard of the brand before I thought I'd share it here. Also cause @jonescg isn't on FB, I thought he would like it

https://www.ubcobikes.com/au

It's still the "RAC Electric Highway" - the RAC has only changed which companies are responsible for billing and maintenance. And my understanding is that the RAC are very keen to get all the outstanding maintenance issues sorted, so these stations better reflect their brand. I doubt they'll replac...

The talk about Type 1 & 2 charge stations confused me for a second. At first I thought the sole point of this device was to plug into normal power outlets (10 amp, 15 amp, 3-phase, and the equivalents in other countries) but after looking at some of the images on the kickstarter site, it sounds like...

So it's been some time and I've been ignoring this thread... but a bit of an update... They have two active sites now - Coochin Creek (the Qld one mentioned above) and Tarcutta, in NSW. They have a few others in progress. In particular Evie has put the call out for people to help test at Cluden (nea...