'Tasmanian Electric car tour paused from incompatible EVSE'
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/was-electric-cars-get-south-west-recharge-link/story-fnhocxo3-1227408564816 WA’s electric cars get South-West recharge link June 21, 2015 KARA VICKERY [image / Alf Sorbello http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/a45980dc58f94ae388b825fecc48bf9a (White Leaf EV with 70's style flower-power decals) RAC executive general manager Pat Walker with an electric car at the RAC charging station in Perth’s Wellington Street ] AUSTRALIA’S first “electric highway” will be unveiled in WA on Monday. RAC executive general manager Pat Walker said it would give owners of WA’s 130 electric cars places to recharge between Perth and the South-West. Charging stations in Perth, Mandurah, Bunbury, Margaret River and Augusta will be unveiled, with outlets planned for Dunsborough, Nannup, Bridgetown, Donnybrook and Harvey in the next few months. A Fremantle charging station will also be installed by the end of the year. “We see the RAC Electric Highway as a positive and real contribution toward the growth of this new form of vehicle technology, namely electric vehicles,” Mr Walker said. “It will provide the infrastructure required to help eliminate the issues currently facing owners of electric vehicles, including ‘range anxiety’, and for the first time, it will also provide the opportunity for electric vehicles to now visit the state’s South-West.” [© perthnow.com.au] http://evfleetworld.co.uk/news/2015/Jun/Australian-Electric-Highway-goes-live/0438020406 Australian Electric Highway goes live by Alex Grant 23 Jun 2015 Five fast charging stations are now live on Australia’s first ‘Electric Highway’, which will soon enable electric vehicle owners to drive the 192-mile route from Perth and Augusta. Once complete, the network will include 11 publically accessible fast charging stations, purchased and installed by the RAC and maintained by local governments. Charging is free of charge until the end of the year. The first five are located in Perth, Mandurah, Bunbury, Busselton, Margaret River and Augusta, with the remainder to be installed within months in Dunsborough, Nannup, Bridgetown, Donnybrook and Harvey, as well as Freemantle before the end of the year. RAC executive general manager, Pat Walker, said: “RAC was formed in 1905 when motor vehicles were very rare in Western Australia. Today we see the RAC Electric Highway as a positive and real contribution toward the growth of this new form of vehicle technology, namely electric vehicles. “It will provide the infrastructure required to help eliminate the issues currently facing owners of electric vehicles, including ‘range anxiety’, and for the first time, it will also provide the opportunity for electric vehicles to now visit the State’s South West. “The RAC Electric Highway will also benefit the South West region by attracting electric vehicle drivers to destinations along the route, helping to support the region’s tourism industry.” [© evfleetworld.co.uk] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-24/electric-car-tour-of-tasmania-unplugged-for-want-of-power/6569482 Electric car tour of Tasmania unplugged for want of power By Stephen Smiley [2015-06-24] [image http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/6569500-3x2-340x227.jpg Photo: The $108,000 car could not be charged anywhere in Hobart. (ABC News: Stephen Smiley) link https://www.google.com/maps/place/42°53'04.9%22S+147°19'49.1%22E/@-42.8847,147.3303,17z Map: Hobart 7000 ] An electric car tour of Tasmania has stalled in Hobart due to a lack of charging options, as the Tasmanian Opposition spruiks its policy of government support for the technology. Motoring journalist Matt Brogan wanted to tour Tasmania in his $108,000 Californian-built electric Tesla sports car. "We actually got all the way down here from Devonport yesterday on a single charge, which is something that was just unheard of even three or four years ago," he said. But Brogan's tour hit a snag when he discovered he could not repower the car at a Hobart charging station because it was incompatible with his vehicle's charging device. He said the lack of charging facilities in Tasmania could become a problem once electric vehicles became more widespread. "Not everyone's driving an electric car but as they do start to become more popular and cheaper, which is something that will happen over the next 18 months to two years, we're going to start finding ourselves a little bit short on charging stations," he said. Brogan said there was an increasing number of electric vehicle charging stations in Sydney and Melbourne and, to a lesser extent, in Brisbane and Perth ... [© abc.net.au] For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-SWest-au-Electric-Highway-EVSE-recharge-between-Perth-the-SW-tp4676542.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
