It appears that evidently electrical car quick charging is coming of age, in additional methods than one. Now not are they only thought of an afterthought, hidden in the back of petrol stations or within the bowels of buying centre automotive parks the place a sign can barely be achieved to have interaction with the app.
Nicely, a minimum of not in some locations.
Considered one of my main gripes within the greater than 4 years and 130,000 kms of EV driving in Australia has been the dearth of shade at practically each outside EV charging bay, in distinction to the huge canopies afforded to the fossil gas mob (and a few fairly good set-ups in additional EV-advanced international locations in Europe).
And, as I complained earlier this yr to Ampol Australian CEO Matt Halliday, there haven’t even been some fundamentals, similar to a bin, or some water to clean the home windows with.
Credit score then to Ampol for doing one thing about it. Whether or not it was at all times within the works doesn’t actually matter – and clearly the main infrastructure was – however in my first go to to the newly redeveloped Ampol Pheasants Nest website on the Hume Freeway south of Sydney, it was spectacular to see all these options in place.
A number of charging bays, large bays, shade from the rooftop photo voltaic panels that presumably present some energy to the EV chargers, and, sure, a bin, a bucket of water and a wiper to wash the home windows.
Generally it’s the little issues that matter, and show that the supply of EV charging tools is greater than only a gesture. So, properly carried out Ampol. Now, about these petrol bowsers ….
Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Pushed, and likewise edits and based the Renew Financial system and One Step Off The Grid internet sites. He has been a journalist for practically 40 years, is a former enterprise and deputy editor of the Australian Monetary Assessment, and owns a Tesla Mannequin 3.