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The Parlous State of EV Charging in the country
It's a long weekend in Tamworth, the NRMA charging station has been out of order since Friday, and the only other fast charger in town, Tesla in West Tamworth, has had 2, sometimes 3, of it's 4 chargers out of action since late April, with generally slow speeds from the working 1 or 2 chargers. The Tesla chargers have very short cables, many vehicles have to park side-on, meaning one of the chargers might not be accessible when it is working.
The nearest working fast chargers, both NRMA, are well over 100km away to the south in Scone (130km) or north east in Armidale (115km), although this one has been having intermittent dropouts for some lately.
The government sponsored "coming soon" Fast Cities chargers are mostly non-existent, so it's generally a pretty bad situation for travelers along the New England Highway at present.
I've heard it said that the inland route along the New England Highway is best avoided when traveling between Sydney and Brisbane, which is quite understandable given the current state of charging infrastructure!
IanSG
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6 months ago
Yea the charging via the Inland route from Sydney to Brisbane is a joke.
Each charging station needs multiple chargers & penalties to the operators for charger downtime, accumulating from day 2.
Unless EV charging is fixed along the new England HWY, drivers will stick to the coastal route.
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GordonED7
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6 months ago
Coming up to a week and the NRMA charger is still out of action, note on the app says case logged with supplier.
@NRMA_Paul, what is the typical time for a response and repair? I was hoping to charge there tomorrow.
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