New Zealand's biggest EV charging hub is LIVE! [Tauranga]

[@theunknownunknowns5168]

Needs a solar roof. You want fossil drivers to feel a twinge of heart break seeing ev's charging in the shade while they burn their bottoms on hot seats.

[@TassieEV]

What a fantastic layout and good to see finally particularly in the southern hemisphere a non-Tesla multi-bay site. Yes there is improvements that could be done but as an initial concept for their first one this is great.

[@MauaoMan]

As an EV driver the more charging options the better. It must be tricky deciding locations but from a personal perspective I would have thought open roads between destinations is more useful? Speculation but in urban areas people are more likely to charge at their home and enjoy much cheaper “ fuel”

[@Goodkiwibloke]

Hamilton has one Chargenet fast charger, and one Chargenet medium charger. For a city with a population of 170,000, thats pathetic. Come on Chargenet 1. Fix the Mill St charger so it can charge 2 cars at once, but not throttle the Chademo to 15KW while the CCS blasts out 37KW. And no, its not a car-related thing. My Leaf E+ takes 50KW comfortably without blinking an eye (its faster than our MG with CCS) 2. Upgrade the Hamilton north charger so it can charge 2 cars at once 3. Install another dozen fast chargers at various locations across the city

[@letric7927]

In Htown tesla has 10! And we network has a bunch so plenty of fast charging there.

[@Goodkiwibloke]

@@letric7927 yes I am aware of that, but 1. My charging is through Chargenet as I have Genesis EVerywhere plan = $0.30/KWh. Other chargers are 2.5X the price (an extra $20 per fill) 2. We chargers are not true fast chargers, lots of them provide only 12KW, others 25KW. I don't have 2-4 hours to wait to charge up the car 3. Chargenet is the biggest network of chargers that covers NZ. A total of 2 in Hamilton just doesn't cut it, especially when the Mill St charger is half broken (it's a Tritium charger, and they went belly up a few months ago)

[@fleachamberlain1905]

That's great. They just need to add some shade and it will be perfect.

[@pinkelephants1421]

Shame they didn't include solar canopies and battery storage. It would have helped offset commercial on-demand charges to the company; these tend to be extortionate. Additionally, the shading provided would have helped charging be more efficient for both drivers and the charging provider during Kiwi summers. In a country like Aotearoa whose summers can be brutal, you'd think that solar canopies and battery storage would be an automatic no-brainer.

[@gregb1599]

Not sure how that works when there is over 23500 Nissan Leaf registered in NZ with Tesla second on 17,000, BYD 5000 MG ZS EV 3777, Kona EV 3000, and the rest 2000 to a few hundred. More CCS cars? Yes a huge amount more? Nope. But of course most Leaf never leave the city so the fast chargers are hardly used. And very few CCS EV can take advantage of the 300kw chargers and not a lot with the 150kw. Even our EV6 only chargers at 230kw for a few mins then drops to 170kw till 70% then its all downhill from there!!

[@termitehill]

Please add the ChargeNet rapid charger locations to the Tesla nav system. Would help drive more customers to your chargers!

[@stuartwalker9566]

Re-charged there on a road trip on Saturday night. The pub has friendly staff and great food but a poor selection of non-alcohol beer and a lovely, but sadly gas fire!

[@glennjgroves]

WOW that area has changed since I lived there (last millennium). I remember Tauriko being a basic petrol station and little else. “Back in my day…”

[@macjim]

What about truck charging stations? Do you have any? Well done guys! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@RiverWithHaxs]

Hey, Leafs are NOT on borrowed time 😢

[@MasterChief37]

They sure as hell are with that charging port.

[@gregb1599]

​@MasterChief37 Not in NZ anytime soon with more Leaf than any other EV, including Tesla, 23500 Leaf! And never in Japan where Chademo is still the most popular charging system.

[@elbee909]

@@MasterChief37 Get an adapter, as I have. Problem solved. Not exactly difficult.

[@tigertoo01]

Hopefully the planners in Ireland are watching this. Ireland was years ahead of both Australia and NZ for ev adoption but we haven’t got one decent charging hub. The layouts are ridiculous.

[@jepemz873]

Great infrastructure but the problem is 85 cents/kWh plus RUC works out to be more expensive than petrol. A bit exorbitant.

[@banzonGreat]

Thanks ChargeNet :)

[@tonyfoulkes9289]

When will they put chargers on SH12.

[@kristie8727]

I look forward to seeing more

[@lifeliver9000]

I drive 500km a week in a EV I’ve owned for 18 months. Never ever came close to stopping to charge. Is there that many apartment dwellers in NZ. My range is 525km a day roughly 6 hours. I avoid driving 6 hours in a petrol car.

[@jeffdroz5294]

Beautiful!

[@notaurusexcretus4471]

How do you get one of those charge net fobs

[@lautoka63]

Good to see, particularly with room for trailers. Now, will it accommodate my 9m long glider trailer?

[@sydjaguar]

NZ RUC makes EV expensive to run

[@elbee909]

Everyone on the road pays it.

[@steffenfrkjr1424]

Please test, WITH a trailer.. as it look like that port is not well design, look short but please prove me wrong.

[@mumecomumecomum]

Expensive! cheaper to charge at Z energy.

[@MauaoMan]

Think of it as just another option to charge. At the very least top up enough to get to a cheaper provider

[@HarmLessSolutionsNZ]

Z now charges 0.79c/kWh so there's nothing in it and Chargenet has far better nationwide coverage of charge sites.

[@RiverWithHaxs]

Chargenet also has better locations. Hanging out at a dirty petrol station sucks compared to a mall, playground for kids etc.

[@HarmLessSolutionsNZ]

@@RiverWithHaxs Absolutely. A charging stop is the perfect opportunity for a meal and service station pies and a V just don't cut it.

[@ockster15]

6c between Z and ChargeNet. There are bigger differences in petrol across the big fuel retailers!!

[@t.h.o.r.]

You EV people are delusional! Selling all this new infrastucture into an already stressed grid EVs towing boats ! hahahahaha

[@lifeliver9000]

Thicko , I charge for free from my power company’s 3 hours free each night plan as there is too much power at night. Every morning I have 525km range when my garage door goes up. Free. Haven’t paid to charge car in 18 months. Low maintenance safer and faster and free fill ups. Petrol is for cavemen hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@elbee909]

Then improve the grid. Keep breathing in the fumes. Turn off your computer, maybe that'll 'help the grid'

[@lifeliver9000]

@elbee909 not many countries are 3rd world like the USA. Many are 100% sustainable with energy. Many regions are cause they aren't manipulated by big fossil companies. My country is 90% renewable with 85٪ hydro.

[@MasterChief37]

5 chargers is the biggest int wu country? That’s pathetic, as a kiwi living in Norway this is laughable. Norway has charging locations with upwards of 100 chargers in many locations around the country.

[@TerryHickey-xt4mf]

You know the difference, Norway has a massive percentage of ev uptake compared to NZ. So it is blindingly obvious that they needed to cater for them. NZ will also have large charging hubs when the ev sales reach over 90% like in Norway.

[@gregmorgan8350]

@@TerryHickey-xt4mfyou’ll never get to 90% without more charging infrastructure first, so the original point is valid. Built it and they will come!

[@user-sx6py3et7c]

There are 15 cords & 10 charging bays. Chargers can share their 300kW over around their cords in 75kW blocks. So no issue charging 10 cars at a time. On comparison's to Norway, NZ's light fleet is 1.73 % BEV. Norway as at sept 2023 was 23.6%. Given ~14x the EV update, it isn't really a surprise that fast charge stations in Norway are much larger than in NZ.