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by Chuq
Thu, 01 Feb 2024, 07:54
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: CCS2 to Chademo adapter: holy grail or vapourware?
Replies: 15
Views: 1908

Re: CCS2 to Chademo adapter: holy grail or vapourware?

As a Minicab-MiEV owner, very excited by this actually being proven to work and be purchasable, saw a video a few months ago which looked very discouraging. Presumably one of Dala's videos - his more recent video relates to an updated model and is much more positive. A couple of people on the Nissa...
by Chuq
Sat, 16 Dec 2023, 12:50
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: Another attempt at inductive charging
Replies: 3
Views: 576

Re: Another attempt at inductive charging

I agree about the inductive roadway from the article - a waste of time, money and resources. However inductive charging in parking spaces as suggested is a different matter. There are so many "niche" uses - taxi ranks, accessibility, queues, fleet vehicles, roadside parking - that it is de...
by Chuq
Thu, 02 Nov 2023, 22:35
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: WA EV Network
Replies: 69
Views: 3861

Re: WA EV Network

I believe NRMA is going to overlap this route as well, but with some slight variations in areas. E.g. Cataby and Eneabba are on NRMA’s list. NRMA will be doing Willare while WA EV Network will be doing Derby. Exact locations to be confirmed.
by Chuq
Mon, 16 Oct 2023, 17:20
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: Will NACS come to Australia?
Replies: 46
Views: 4230

Re: Will NACS come to Australia?

Exadios wrote: Mon, 16 Oct 2023, 01:16
"We"? How many persons have you got in there?
The population of Australia minus one?
by Chuq
Sun, 15 Oct 2023, 16:06
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: EV apps' perspective
Replies: 3
Views: 445

Re: EV apps' perspective

Overpaying at Public Charging Stations: What are your thoughts on the huge overpaying rate on public charging stations when using apps? Do you find it significant or do you think that charging prices are ok now? What does this mean? I'm not sure what the concern is, but I have never been charged ex...
by Chuq
Sun, 15 Oct 2023, 16:03
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: Will NACS come to Australia?
Replies: 46
Views: 4230

Re: Will NACS come to Australia?

Exadios wrote: Thu, 12 Oct 2023, 09:59 A short discussion of what it may take for Australia to switch to NACS.
I'm still trying to work out why people are irrationally obsessed with this. We don't want it, we don't need it.
by Chuq
Wed, 27 Sep 2023, 13:06
Forum: General EV Discussion
Topic: NRMA EV charging charging to start
Replies: 4
Views: 356

Re: NRMA EV charging charging to start

I installed the app, found the same as sleeperpservice 's comment above, but yesterday there was an app update that lets you sign up specifically for EV charging. After you sign up they give you a member number, etc. so it appears as a "free" level of membership (I guess they want to boost...
by Chuq
Mon, 25 Sep 2023, 15:26
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: WA EV Network
Replies: 69
Views: 3861

Re: WA EV Network

Well, "trending" in the mathematical sense. It only reaches it as number of EVs reaches infinity :P
by Chuq
Sun, 24 Sep 2023, 19:10
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: WA EV Network
Replies: 69
Views: 3861

Re: WA EV Network

This argument I never understood, especially from EV drivers who are less than 4% of the cars on Australian roads, ICE drivers could make the same argument, could they not? The counter point to this is that the percentage of EVs among all cars is increasing, trending to 100%, whereas the percentage...
by Chuq
Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 14:26
Forum: AEVA WA Branch
Topic: AEVA National Conference, AGM, and Expo - Perth Nov 2nd-5th 2023
Replies: 7
Views: 870

Re: AEVA National Conference, AGM, and Expo - Perth Nov 2nd-5th 2023

jonescg wrote: Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 10:52 I think I forgot to mention this one for the conference and dinner: AEVAMEM2023
Thanks - this one worked!
by Chuq
Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 09:55
Forum: AEVA WA Branch
Topic: AEVA National Conference, AGM, and Expo - Perth Nov 2nd-5th 2023
Replies: 7
Views: 870

Re: AEVA National Conference, AGM, and Expo - Perth Nov 2nd-5th 2023

Thanks for the reminder email sent this morning! I just went to book and received an "Allocation exhausted" for the AEVA discount code :(

Guessing you're getting several emails about it so thought I'd post here rather than contribute to inbox bloat!
by Chuq
Sat, 26 Aug 2023, 20:12
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: Jurien Bay - WA EV Network Charger
Replies: 17
Views: 1154

Re: Jurien Bay - WA EV Network Charger

rusty-away wrote: Thu, 24 Aug 2023, 08:02 I don't know about anyone else, but I am so over oil companies and their rorting
I'm confused, for years people complained that the petrol stations weren't installing fast chargers, now they are installing fast chargers and people are still complaining. What exactly do we want them to do?
by Chuq
Wed, 09 Aug 2023, 07:48
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: Will NACS come to Australia?
Replies: 46
Views: 4230

Re: Will NACS come to Australia?

I'm of the opinion that CCS2 will not be a thing in Australia within the next 20 years. I'm confused as to what information you used to form this opinion? It seems pretty obvious CCS2 is the dominant standard, not just for Australia but for 80% of the world. NACS is a North American solution to a N...
by Chuq
Mon, 07 Aug 2023, 14:49
Forum: Admin Notices and Requests
Topic: Last Pass Auto Login
Replies: 21
Views: 7109

Re: Last Pass Auto Login

Ok, this is interesting... I starting using LastPass just a few months ago. I find every time I visit the site I am logged out and need to log in again. When I log in, LastPass has no problem populating the username and password fields, I just need to tick "stay logged in" and click login...
by Chuq
Thu, 09 Feb 2023, 14:02
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: Charging Non-Teslas from Tesla Chargers
Replies: 23
Views: 1395

Re: Charging Non-Teslas from Tesla Chargers

I would guess they used the NRMA one and the wrong site icon popped up since they're so close?
by Chuq
Sat, 04 Feb 2023, 20:44
Forum: General EV Discussion
Topic: NEVS Submissions list has been published!
Replies: 5
Views: 269

Re: NEVS Submissions list has been publsihed!

Interesting quote from the Aptera submission.. umm, thanks, I think!
Leverage and fund independent EV Peak Geek body of Australia - AEVA (https://aeva.asn.au/) to make their work pretty and more useful.
by Chuq
Tue, 17 Jan 2023, 11:04
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: Call to make caravan parks EV hotspots
Replies: 18
Views: 840

Re: Call to make caravan parks EV hotspots

Sigh. Believe it or not, you can visit a caravan park without the need to tow something there. True story. And when you can sleep in climate controlled comfort in the back of your car, cook with your electric BBQ using V2L, then leave will a full "tank" the next day ... who needs to tow a...
by Chuq
Mon, 16 Jan 2023, 16:04
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: Call to make caravan parks EV hotspots
Replies: 18
Views: 840

Call to make caravan parks EV hotspots

https://www.aap.com.au/news/call-to-make-caravan-parks-ev-hotspots This will bring back memories of some of the older AEVA members who would make multi-day trips using only caravan parks (because that's all there was!) A lot of the early entries on Plugshare were caravan parks. 3.6 kW charging was s...
by Chuq
Wed, 23 Nov 2022, 11:43
Forum: General EV Discussion
Topic: How to tell a kilowatt hour from a kelvin week henry
Replies: 45
Views: 11120

Re: How to tell a kilowatt hour from a kelvin week henry

Fans of this thread will be interested to know that the next two SI prefixes have formally been adopted - ronna-/ronto- and quetta-/quecto-!

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-earth-ron ... voted.html
by Chuq
Fri, 11 Nov 2022, 06:49
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: WA to get $21 Million boost in DC charging infrastructure.
Replies: 22
Views: 11894

Re: WA to get $21 Million boost in DC charging infrastructure.

There have been a couple of announcements - a couple of months ago, Jetcharge was announced as the hardware supplier, and will be supplying Tritium, Kempower and Chargemate equipment. https://thedriven.io/2022/08/10/jet-charge-wins-contract-for-ev-chargers-along-worlds-longest-electric-highway/ A fe...
by Chuq
Fri, 30 Sep 2022, 08:37
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: Melbourne to Merimbula charging locations
Replies: 5
Views: 861

Re: Melbourne to Merimbula charging locations

The East Gippsland council chargers are probably coming sooner rather than later.. note the photos on the right-hand sidebar:

https://yoursay.eastgippsland.vic.gov.a ... -stations/
by Chuq
Mon, 15 Aug 2022, 08:47
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: WA Charging network out to tender!
Replies: 18
Views: 2076

Re: WA Charging network out to tender!

Agree with jonescg - there are ways around it (as per WA), in some cases, I'd argue that having AC charging at some of the remote sites is probably worse than installing nothing - they'll be saying "we have installed an EV charging network all the way to the WA & NT borders!" and prete...
by Chuq
Thu, 11 Aug 2022, 18:57
Forum: Hyundai and Kia
Topic: Vic Govt EV Charging Program
Replies: 3
Views: 801

Re: Vic Govt EV Charging Program

Hey, you'll probably find a bit more discussion in the thread about this in the "Charging Infrastructure" forum - viewtopic.php?f=62&t=7387
by Chuq
Thu, 11 Aug 2022, 18:54
Forum: Charging Infrastructure
Topic: ARENA - Future Fuels Fund
Replies: 57
Views: 5241

Re: ARENA - Future Fuels Fund

The other thing to consider with DC/AC is that an AC site costs about $2k to install, maybe $5k if there is a lot of trenching required. DC sites cost minimum $30k just to buy one charging unit, an entire site with all installation/civil/electrical works can typically be around $100k, and if you wan...
by Chuq
Thu, 11 Aug 2022, 18:46
Forum: Tesla EVs
Topic: Superchargers planned/under construction
Replies: 88
Views: 17622

Re: Superchargers planned/under construction

The supercharge.info blue dots basically mean any site that has evidence of Tesla planning a specific address. It can be a news article, a council public notice, a development application, etc. You can click the 'discuss' link on any of them for details of the source. The only one (to my knowledge) ...