Tesla has opened a number of new supercharger websites over the past week with new V4 supercharger websites coming on-line in each Sydney and Melbourne.
Beginning in Sydney, the suburb of Chatswood has a brand new website with 8 stalls. All 8 stalls have the longer cables that come geared up with the V4 superchargers, serving to non-Tesla EVs to cost there too.
Every stall is able to delivering as much as 250 kW of energy and like different V4 websites, has a CC2 plug that accommodates for hottest EVs.
Equally in Melbourne, a brand new supercharger website in South Melbourne has opened in a purchasing Centre with 6 V4 supercharger stalls.
On the writing of this text, the South Melbourne website would be the closest supercharger website to Melbourne’s CBD and is conveniently situated near main freeways that join town to the remainder of the state.
Tesla celebrated this website’s opening by sharing it on its official Tesla Charging account.
New Tesla Supercharger: South Melbourne, VIC, Australia (6 stalls) https://t.co/sXw2VPzNPo pic.twitter.com/WxmbcSUO9k
— Tesla Charging (@TeslaCharging) August 13, 2024
Staying in Victoria, readers of The Pushed shared an e-mail from Tesla, hinting at new websites which might be to return to the state. Within the e-mail Tesla states underneath the “Coming Quickly to Victoria” heading:
Brilliant
Morang
Port Campbell
South Melbourne (word by writer: already opened)
Traralgon
@Rizflip @LudicrousFeed I assume you guys are conscious of this e-mail. Query for Riz is the Campbellfield and Miranda websites the identical ? They’re 15km aside so hopefully one other website nonetheless to return. No signal of Taralgon and Port Campbell pic.twitter.com/aymA1i6Xzb
— Michael (@mastwit74) August 15, 2024
Given the South Melbourne website has already opened, Tesla might have forgotten to take away it from the listing within the e-mail.
The remaining 4 websites include three regional (Brilliant, Port Campbell & Traralgon) and one metropolitan website (Morang, doubtless in suburb or Campbellfield).
These websites are prone to be accomplished earlier than Christmas, making travelling in Victoria a lot simpler for a lot of EV drivers.
At this stage, it’s unclear if some or all might be opened to non-Tesla autos however given current websites in different elements of the nation, non-Tesla EVs will doubtless have the ability to cost there.
It’s additionally price noting that, not like some supercharger websites in NSW and Queensland, the websites in Victoria haven’t been identified to be partially funded by the state authorities.
Exterior of Victoria, Tesla additionally lately opened a brand new website in Queensland with 6 V3 superchargers on the Ginger Manufacturing unit and held a public occasion with take a look at drives to mark the opening. This website will assist many drivers who usually head to the Sunshine Coast and northern elements of south-east Queensland.
$TSLAAn Australian Ginger theme park hopes Tesla Supercharger will help increase customer numbers.
Tesla will open its newest high-powered electrical automobile charging stations there in Yandina on Saturday, in an occasion that may embrace EV take a look at drives and car-shaped gingerbread… pic.twitter.com/ZaijXxU6lD
— Tsla Chan (@Tslachan) August 3, 2024
The variety of EVs throughout Australia continues to rise sharply with over 57,000 vehicles being added to the fleet in 2024 alone. Of those, Tesla made up 25,708 year-to-date gross sales.
All these EVs will must be charged so it’s nice to see 6 stalls and above websites coming on-line. Let’s hope this pattern continues with Tesla and different networks opening many extra websites in 2024 and past.
Riz is the founding father of carloop based mostly in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV information, perception studies and tendencies. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for vehicles, notably EVs and desires to assist cut back transport emissions in Australia. He at the moment drives a pink Tesla Mannequin 3.