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First time on an Evie 10-minute fast charger

Townsville, Queensland
NSW → QLD Road Trip 2022–23
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10 minute fast charge to 80% at Evie Networks charger next to a Puma Energy petrol station. This was our first time using one of these. Costs twice as much (60c/kWh) as the RACQ Chargefox chargers (30c/kWh) but they are about twice as fast for us (100kW vs 50kW, and theoretical max speed of 350kW). Also the CCS2 charger is on the right instead of left. One of the charging stations was in maintenance, but at least they had two, unlike the competitor. It took four attempts at plugging in for the charger to work. Francis seems to be more successful at this than me.

Edit: Note the Tesla message about battery temperature. We don't currently have a way to tell the Tesla car to precondition the battery for a third party fast charger - only for Tesla fast chargers, which don't currently exist up here.

Now off to Magnetic Island.

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  1. Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗
    It's brilliant isn't it, only SC around these parts. The Tesla can't take the full 350kW, it's around 111Kw still really good.
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    1. Xavier Casley via Facebook ↗
      Kylie Gilroy if you want to see max charging speeds, you can tell the car to navigate to a supercharger to preheat the battery. Should give you a decent increase in charging performance. Hopefully Tesla soon updates the cars to allow preheating for non-supercharger stops.
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      1. Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗
        Xavier Casley ok great thanks for that info, this is the only one around though, we live in Mackay but thankfully a SC is coming to Mackay early this year.
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      2. Gary Voltz via Facebook ↗
        Xavier Casley
        Nornallly that would work, but Superchargers aren't available in North Qld or even south Qld once you go north of Gympie. That will change in Q1 and Q2 2023.

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    2. Paul Johnston via Facebook ↗
      Kylie Gilroy I don't think that would work for this location as the nearest Tesla supercharger would be Gympie, probably 1000kms away. Navigation wouldn't be able to route beyond 400km. I believe more superchargers are planned for QLD but who knows when...
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      1. Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗
        Paul Johnston correct, one is coming to Ooralea near Mackay airport, Townsville's SC is closer to us than Gympie but it's 4 hours away lol
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      2. Paul Johnston via Facebook ↗
        Ah, so there are actual Tesla superchargers up there ? Apologies for the confusion. I tried to route from Gold Coast to Cairns and it failed, I could only see the Gympie SC. Hopefully the gaps will be closed soon(ish)
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      3. Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗
        Paul Johnston no sorry for my confusion, it's an Evie SC not Tesla but a Tesla SC is coming to Mackay 🎉
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      4. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au
        Gary Voltz Tesla or Evie? I guess that won’t be in time for us to pass through there again in about a week 😉.

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      5. Paul Johnston via Facebook ↗
        We should avoid confusion by only calling Tesla DC chargers Superchargers and non Tesla Dc chargers fast chargers. I found this document which if it holds any truth means travel to Townsville with superchargers only will be possible in Q1 2023 https://thedriven.io/2022/10/10/20-upcoming-australian-te…

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      6. Gary Voltz via Facebook ↗
        Paul Johnston
        No Tesla Superchargers north of Gympie at the moment. Rockhampton and Mackay are scheduled to get one on Q1 2023, Miriam Vale and Childers Q2 2023.

        https://www.tesla.com/en_AU/findus

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      7. Gary Voltz via Facebook ↗
        Tesla Tripping
        Tesla Superchargers coming soon, but not soon enough. 😁
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    3. Gary Voltz via Facebook ↗
      Paul Johnston

      Qld Electric Super Highway are the main alternative north.

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    4. Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗
      Paul Johnston the Evie charger I used in Townsville is the biggest I've used to date so to me it's an SC 🤣

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  2. Garrick Winsor via Facebook ↗
    How much and how long for a total fill up charge?

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    1. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au
      Garrick Winsor According to the Evie app:
      Time: 17 minutes
      Energy: 25.377 kWh
      Price: $15.23

      That took us from about 40% to 85%, I think.
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      1. Travel Shots by Jamez via Facebook ↗
        Tesla Tripping plus your time, so if you earn $60/hr Approx. $17 for your time, if it’s a car full of politicians it probably costs the public purse around $200 to recharge an EV

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      2. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au
        We time the charging to be when we have to stop for other reasons anyway, such as toilet stop, eating, exploring, trip planning or most commonly sleeping (over night), so we generally don’t really lose any time.
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      3. Travel Shots by Jamez via Facebook ↗
        Tesla Tripping and meanwhile other cars waiting to charge, if we convert every to an EV we will need a charger at every carpark space on every street instead of parking meters

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      4. Paul Johnston via Facebook ↗
        Jamez photography Where is this Utopia ? Can't be QLD.

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      5. Gary Voltz via Facebook ↗
        Jamez photography
        Norway Shell recently converted a petrol station to a Charging station because the demand for petrol/diesel has dropped so much.

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      6. Gary Voltz via Facebook ↗
        Jamez photography
        Why do you choose to factor in the hourly rate of earnings on a leisure trip?

        You're not on the company clock after hours.

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  3. Grant Sapsford via Facebook ↗
    Do these require an adapter ?
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    1. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au
      Grant Sapsford No adapter required for the DC fast chargers (CCS2 or CHAdeMO). Built in cables.
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  4. John Chidgey via Facebook ↗
    It's Magnetic Island - lovely place! I've never taken my own car over there but the road to Horseshoe Bay was quite narrow and bumpy, but at least it's sealed!
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    1. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au
      John Chidgey Thanks for catching the typo 🤦. Fixed now ☺️.
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  5. Greg EV via Facebook ↗
    The QESH ($0.30) chargers, with billing managed by Chargefox, are Qld Govt owned hence less commercial pricing but conveniently located. 👍
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