500kW Blueberry Chargers Coming to 30 NSW Shell Service Stations

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[@emmett3067]

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[@LudicrousFeed]

@ I wrote tyres didn’t I?

[@emmett3067]

@@LudicrousFeed Yep. But their website is tire.

[@jimdonaldson64]

Absolutely Tom, tap and go should be mandatory on all new sites . And retrofitted on older site's it is bloody annoying to have different app's as we all know ,Bring on the new chargers.

[@LudicrousFeed]

Yes! It would make life so much easier seriously

[@John-p7i5g]

No government grants unless it's tap and go

[@trevorkwaters]

It would be really cool to see the fast food chains getting into this space as well, eg the McDonald’s at Goulburn has a huge car park.

[@LudicrousFeed]

Absolutely 💯

[@rosshutch]

Tap & Go, absolutely.

[@LudicrousFeed]

💯

[@OTPulse]

Good opportunity for eateries along bypassed towns on the freeway. Add a bunch of 75~150kw charging spots or a scalable system(gives lower charged cars a bit faster speed) near restaurants. If people are stopping for half an hour, they wouldn't really need super fast 300+kw bays, keep them for the freeway service stations. Im probably going to hold off buying an EV until they stop the hot-potato EV charging system they currently have. They are stuck in the petrol pump mindset, and its far too frustrating. I'm stopping for a break, let me park, fast charge my car to close to 75%, then slow it down and charge the next person faster, make all bays capable of max charging. Even if its two banks of 6 bays of 700kw divided by 250+250 and 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th car, divide the remaining 200kw until their turn. Would be an easily expandable system providing they can source more energy.

[@Spade080]

To properly track whether EV charging infra is catching up, do we have stats and trends on ratio of EV's to DC chargers in Australia? This should be a fairly easy thing to calculate.

[@LudicrousFeed]

Yes I went through this in a recent market update report: Battery Electric Vehicle Market Update Australia | September 2024 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f17Pe4KuibKChZI Approx 220000 EVs for 1000 DC charging sites

[@John-p7i5g]

Shell have 125kW chargers fairly extensively in the UK. That was enough to charge a Polestar 2 in about 25 minutes, which was enough time to get a coffee and use the amenities.

[@LudicrousFeed]

Perfect timing 👌

[@davec1034]

Tap and Go, plus roadside advertising of prices for different rates for charging. Makes it competitive.

[@LudicrousFeed]

That would be the gold standard

[@davec1034]

@@LudicrousFeed one other thing... Electricity and combustables don't mix, they will need to be a safe distance with regulatory compliances obeyed. Do we have regulations for petrol stations yet? honest question. maybe some of the small stations won't have enough distance space to have both?

[@PaulWilson]

is there any statistics or details on the progress of the round 1 or 2 grants?

[@LudicrousFeed]

Surely that’s public info … happy to do a video if someone can point me to an article

[@TassieEV]

I would love to know the reliability of this hardware not having heard of it before and also the ease of parts/maintenance as well. I totally agree Apps need to GO it needs to be contactless payment & Plug & Charge like other parts of the world do. Not Autocharge either, looking at you EVie, that is just a cybersecurity incident waiting to happen.

[@hal3137]

Interestingly the power modules for these units are supplied buy an Aussie company Rectifier Technologies. Yes this is the same company that was supplying Tritium .

[@LudicrousFeed]

Hmm

[@gswatson584]

Good to see that more EV chargers will be popping up in the near future. Was there a list of where these 30 sites will be?

[@LudicrousFeed]

Will update if I find this info

[@EVCurveFuturist]

Keep preaching, buddy ;)

[@LudicrousFeed]

🙏

[@lm3718]

NSW is really leading the way with EV charging..

[@LudicrousFeed]

🥇

[@utha2665]

I just wish other state governments would take more of a lead too. Over here in WA I only know of two Tesla super chargers in the Perth metro area and there are 2 or 3 others that provide above 200kW. Luckily I have a 100kW charger nearby, but they are just too far and in between. I work away from home in a drive in drive out situation and the best I can get is 11kW, that's about 4 hours of charging each week so I can get back home again.

[@johnbentley6925]

How do they stop folks with slower charging speeds charging on these high speed capable units in Europe thereby limiting people who have the high speed capable vehicles from accessing these units ?

[@LudicrousFeed]

The simple answer is that they can't. It'll have to boil down to education and common courtesy (once again)

[@NeeravBhatt]

As I said in my article and Tom also mentioned. Each 500kW unit has 4 cables and the ⚡ is dynamically shared between all 4 EVs. Not 500/4 same for everyone

[@johnbentley6925]

@ thanks Tom ….. another reason as you say that you need banks of ten or more. Would be annoying if you arrived at the two 500kw units at a station with your 350kw capable vehicle and found two 80kw capable vehicles stuck there. This would dramatically reduce the effective capacity available from the units …. Maybe a $$$ rege based on the charge rate rather than kw…

[@LudicrousFeed]

$/kW will go a long way toward shifting people toward the slower chargers … the same pricing model exists in the UK as I found out

[@SS-yw7vo]

They don't and why should they?

[@paulsimpson8990]

Getting power to the sites is an issue as is how does a fuel company monetise these? I know peeps think it’s all about the shop but there is a lot on money in fuel especially when you own a refinery….making money from someone else’s electricity is harder

[@LudicrousFeed]

Probably another reason why our public EV charging infrastructure is lacklustre

[@paulsimpson8990]

@@LudicrousFeedelectricity providers have the obvious advantage but they don’t have the realestate. These deals will be done by traders. Maybe we will see AGL sites in the future

[@howardcairns78]

Tom has any organisation put to Government that the Tap n Go should be mandatory? Maybe a petition started by Riz and shared with all EV review sites?

[@LudicrousFeed]

I’d be happy to promote such a movement

[@FearTec]

F all are being installed in the bush

[@LudicrousFeed]

Sadly yes

[@4tune8chance65]

Yep, the servo for ev’s doesn’t make much sense, put the chargers in the undercover parking in the shops.

[@LudicrousFeed]

Downside of basement carparks is that they’re not usually open 24h and they’re not suitable for trailers. Nor are they always present outside our big cities … hence forecourts are needed for highway stops

[@jonathoncalabrese2035]

Will you still be told to turn off dishwasher and aircon?

[@LudicrousFeed]

I’m afraid I don’t follow …

[@NaughtyGoatFarm]

Silly move. Should have chosen tesla chargers. Guaranteed that these will be unreliable.

[@LudicrousFeed]

Yes I think other CPOs are using Tesla V4s …

[@aru4riz]

Would you please discuss this I am aware you are Tesla lover and adopter but would you tell me, shall we trust autopilot with our life . kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4G4eJtmpqakjaMsi=nUbETlQh8K52VHWs

[@LudicrousFeed]

No. Do not trust Tesla AP with your life. Pay attention at all times

[@sidelias]

Bro get over your fossil fuel comments. Most people charging their EVs use fossil energy

[@LudicrousFeed]

@@sidelias got some hard stats on that bro? Jokes aside it’d be good to get some data on this … I know AEMO publish real time energy mix on their website and there are times of the year where the grid is supplied by majority renewables

[@Anthony_TypeR]

@@sidelias Do they? I know for a fact that I don’t. I would like to see the data to back-up that statement.

[@OTPulse]

80% of my solar i generate goes to the grid. I'm probably selling it to AGL at 5c/kw, and they sell to charge my neighbours Tesla at 35c. We both work nights, so he's charging during the daytime, but unfortunately, his house is heavily shaded, so home solar wouldn't work for him. Currently, I've supplied 3,287kw to grid, drawn 377kw. I'm super keen to get an EV because of this, but my garage barely fits a Mini. I've not got a battery.