Tesla has been ramping up the rollout of its supercharger community in Australia as the full gross sales exceeded 46,000 EVs in simply 2023 alone.
Some states throughout the nation haven’t seen a lot exercise for some time and South Australia specifically, has not seen a supercharger website commissioned for practically 18 months.
Now, an utility for a brand new supercharger website has been noticed by Tesla drivers on the TMC discussion board which hints at a website very near Adelaide CBD.
The newest website is positioned in Norwood and is just 4 km from the center of Adelaide. The appliance on the SA authorities web site reveals that it’s more likely to be a 6-stall supercharger website in an current automobile park space.
This comes at a time when Tesla uptake within the state has surpassed 3,000 EVs. The newest knowledge from carloop reveals the full variety of Tesla EVs has reached 3,400 automobiles on South Australian roads. This is a rise of 134% in 2023 alone.
Charging speeds of 250 kW per stall are anticipated as it’s anticipated to be a Tesla V3 supercharger website. This could assist cost most Tesla automobiles in below half-hour when charging as much as 80%.
Like varied different supercharger websites throughout Australia, the proposed website is positioned close to a Coles grocery store and different facilities.
After this website is commissioned, it is going to be the sixth supercharger website within the state, making up a complete of 30 lively stalls. It might even be the third V3 supercharger website within the state.
In August 2023, Tesla opened its supercharger fast-charging community to non-Tesla EVs at 30 areas throughout Australia. This was an enormous step to permit many extra EV drivers to journey additional.
Since then varied different websites have been added to permit non-Tesla EVs to cost there. This website can be anticipated to be opened to non-Tesla automobiles as said within the utility: “Set up of 6 EV charging stalls in current automobile park space, open to all public use.”
Tesla is quickly increasing its supercharger community in lots of elements of the nation. In November, the corporate was hiring extra members to its native supercharging crew. At the moment, the corporate listed within the job place: “We’re searching for a extremely motivated Challenge Deployment Supervisor to assist the Supercharger deployment crew in Australia.”
Since then, Tesla has opened varied new charging websites, together with:
Albury in NSW
Hawthorn in Victoria
Rockhampton in Queensland
North Coogee in WA
South Australia has not obtained a brand new website in practically 18 months, the final of which is Mt Gambier. It was opened to drivers in September 2022.
With Tesla gross sales and EV uptake hovering in South Australia and different elements of Australia, it’s nice to see extra supercharging capability on the best way to assist the growth in EVs we count on to see in 2024.
Riz is the founding father of carloop primarily based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV knowledge, perception experiences and traits. 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 needs to assist cut back transport emissions in Australia. He at present drives a purple Tesla Mannequin 3.