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EV outback road trip charging options on SA/NT Stuart highway Apr 2024.
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2024
- Because of the unique "figure 8" shape of our lap of Australia, we find ourselves traveling the Port Augusta SA to Threeways NT stretch of the Stuart Highway twice. I use this video to observe any changes that have occurred over the past nine months.
This also presents an opportunity for me to connect with the @outbackev-hunter6035 in Alice Springs. It was his wild idea that led us to embark on a figure "8" lap spanning over 35,000 kilometers. There will be follow up content focusing on Hunter's EV and technology passions.
In the video, I cover the following topics:
- The installation of a new RAA fast DC charger in Port Augusta, featuring a 150 kW Kempower setup.
- Another new RAA fast DC charger, also in Port Augusta, equipped with a 150 kW Kempower setup.
- The introduction of a new slow 7 kW AC RAA charger in Glendambo, which is a downgrade from the previous 11 kW. Without a 3-phase converter, charging here will be notably slower.
- The yet-to-be-commissioned RAA fast DC charger in Coober Pedy.
- Another slow 7 kW AC RAA charger at Marla Travellers Rest, again representing a downgrade from the previous 11 kW. Furthermore, they have "decommissioned" the 20A socket, which exacerbates the situation.
- Kulgera remains unchanged with the same 3-phase setup.
- Urldunda now features a new prototype NRMA fast DC charger utilizing solar panels to charge a battery. The maximum charging rate here is 35 kW.
- A new NRMA fast DC charger has been installed in Alice Springs, boasting a 150 kW ABB setup.
- Tee Tree maintains the same 3-phase setup without any alterations.
- Barrow Creek also retains its existing 3-phase setup without changes.
- The NRMA fast DC charger in Threeways is yet to be commissioned.
Enjoy your outback charging experiences out there!
Great video Toaster! Loving the drone shots 😊
Thx. Matt asked for more. So he got them!!
Getting close to retirement for me, this is a great video for traveling the outback with an EV. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it. Hope you checked out my other other vids on EV charging in the outback
100% absolutely, will be doing a lot of drivinv with my EV doing Uber and Road Tripping....makes me happpy that some of these places which I want to visit have charging stations, I will be saving this video for later....thank-you for sharing
@@AUSY8 Yep, I have subscribed.
All I can say is I have a good face for radio,it was great catching up with you guys, safe journey home!
Yeah it was Hunter. Thats for taking the time to talk. Look out for a longer video focusing on you and your amazing projects :)
Definitely more planning and finger crossing atm for these types of journeys in an EV. Imagine rocking up and finding the chargers out of order out in the middle of nowhere. Or a couple of other vehicles lined up.
Yeah absolutely. You need to have no fixed agenda with plenty of spare time up your sleeve and to always have a plan B. Absolute worst case is to wait it out. Thankfully there are a lot of power points around, you just have to ask.
On our trip we have had examples that apply to all vehicles too e.g. roads closed due to flooding. Or a guy in an ICE who hit a kangaroo, and was doing the repair on the cheap by waiting it out for days at a roadhouse while a spare got expressed to him via mail. The outback can be unforgiving.
good to see so many improvements, on our trip Sydney tp Perth, Pt Augusta had destination chargers only at the resort by the river, and no fast chargers from Claire to Ravensthorpe
Yeah lots happening. On the trip we happened across 2 fast DC charges opening. One in Exmouth WA and the other in Alice Springs NT.
Very informative video thanks. A bit of travelling fun I guess.....unless you want to use your A/C......and drive at a reasonable speed.....or tow something like a boat or caravan...etc.
You do need to compromise on speed or travel time in places with no access to fast charging. This is only temporary and will change over time as the networks expand.
FWIW, we have never had to travel without the A/C or heat on. With heat pumps, those system's are very efficient in many EVs these days
Great info thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Chicken and egg problem. Need reasonable chargers so people get EVs. Need more people with EVs to make charging sites commercially viable. Bit by bit the whole thing is coming to life. Great video.
Thx. Just like the outback after some rain, it is coming to life. Based on the number of outback EV drivers I've seen the station numbers are about right, but the new 7kW sites are all wrong. These are the "easy' way out because of local power issues, but that can be solved with more investment from the state or feds.
Great to see the progress over the past 9 months. Thanks for doing these videos.
Glad you are enjoying them.
Thanks :-) So it still has a way to go yet. Great update. I know that Tesla has a far better Network, but we getting a lot more "other" Ev's now. Ours is a KIA EV6, so most of the Tesla Chargers are useless to us. Specially now that Musk has sacked all of his EV Charger Department.
More choices for cars and charging are all good things for a healthy market. If Tesla have stopped expanding their network then that's not a good thing in my view. There are still heavily populated parts of Australia and other countries outside Europe that need Tesla to lead the way in fast charging. In Australia, Hobart is a good example, no Tesla Supercharger
Those Tritium units NRMA has put in are the two cars per satellite as there is 2 cables unlike the older units they can actually charge two cars at once so 4 cars could use it not that there is many Chademo cars that have done this as yet and don't expect there to be many as CCS2 is the standard and all new EV's only have CCS2.
That’s interesting. Thx for the clarification. The charge was limited to 35kw due to capacity constraints. Be interested to see how it handles more than 2 cars simultaneously
@@AUSY8 Same setup at Nullarbor Roadhouse which has more EV's but same thing again with only 2 CCS cables so would need a 60kWh Leaf or a couple of to test with 4 cars. Suspect wouldn't be very fast charging rate mind you on each car.
Nice video. Thanks for the review. I'll stick with diesel for now.
No worries. Diesel has it's place ... for now :)
How did you change to labels to Bonnet and Boot at 5:33 min mark?
Ah good question. I think that's the language setting in Display settings, change it to British English and that should do the trick.
Some of those remote sites could have wind turbines to batteries. I guess it is all money in the end holding everything up :(. Need to win 100 million lotto
The holy grail has to be solar +wind + battery = enough power for business and EV charging. And yes upfront would be huge but savings in diesel should eclipse that cost after a number of years. How many? Not sure
Are Kempower chargers on mains electricity? Or solar? Or something else?
The ones you see in my vid are on mains. I'm guessing there will be some that end up on solar.
last of the tritiums