https://electrek.co/2018/06/05/tesla-owners-team-up-create-charging-network-australia/
Tesla owners team up to create charging network in Australia
Jun. 5th 2018  Fred Lambert

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electric vehicle charging stations as seen via Plugshare in Australia before
the Round Australia Electric Highway (March 2016) compared to now (June
2018):
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With large regions being only scarcely populated, electric vehicle charging
networks in Australia often leave large gaps between charging stations.

Tesla owners teamed up in the country to fill those gaps and cover the major
roads with charging solutions.

The project is called ‘The Round Australia Electric Highway‘ and is led by
the Tesla Owners Club of Australia (TOCA).

It has three main goals:

  - To complete the Electric Highway round Australia, and Red Centre, usable
by all electric vehicles, to a minimum available charge rate of 100km of
range per hour of charging (70 km/h on a limited number of pre-existing
sites) at a maximum spacing of 300km (200km average).
  - To do this in the shortest possible time, creating a route that can be
driven RIGHT NOW.
  - To promote and encourage electric vehicles to use the Round Australia
Electric Highway, dispelling myths about the range and capability of
electric vehicles.

As of last month, TOCA says that the network is completed with an average
distance of 200 km between stations and a maximum spacing of 400 km with
only 4 sites with more than 300 km of spacing.

The “charging stations” added by TOCA are simply 32 amp 3 phase electrical
outlets that electric vehicle drivers can use with their own mobile
connector:

Those charge points are not only useful for Tesla drivers. They can also be
used by virtually any electric vehicle.

The rest of the stations are part of several different charging networks,
like Tesla’s Supercharger and Destination charging networks, as well as
other third-party level 2 and level 3 charging networks.

Electrek’s Take

That’s an incredible initiative from a Tesla owners club. Kudos to them.

Of course, level 2 charging stations are not ideal for long-distance travel,
which is what they are trying to enable here, but we can’t really expect
them to deploy DC fast-charging stations in the middle of Australia on their
own dime.

In a few years, it might start to make sense, but at the moment, it is
simply too expensive to deploy for the very little use it would actually
see.

As for Tesla, the company is focusing on linking major cities in the
country. Right now, Tesla drivers can drive between Adelaide, Melbourne,
Sydney, and Brisbane:
[© electrek.co]


https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/hitech/electric-vehicle-charging-network-now-spans-almost-all-of-australia/news-story/217f5b2f41269cca37de3083b582bb25
Electric vehicle charging network now spans almost all of Australia
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new “highway” around Australia has been created and it could change the way
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https://www.teslaowners.org.au/round-australia


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