The Parlous State of EV Charging in the country

Update: Tamworth NRMA charger still out of action today. Surely a week is an unacceptable time for an important piece of infrastructure to be out of action?

Went to the Tesla charger in West Tamworth to find a Polestar driver trying to charge at 1B, I told him it had been out of action since April, and directed him to 2B, but there was still not enough space for me due to the very short charging cables, so I had to wait an hour in the car park before I could start charging.

Finally charging to see a measly 25kW rate, which persisted for a while before it rose to 78kW after half an hour.

My wife has a 220km trip for work tomorrow, so I had to charge for an hour, to be sure of enough energy to get home in case the single charger in Gunnedah, NRMA, is not working.

I'm starting to suspect that those who say Australia isn't ready for EVs may have a point, at least when away from the capital city areas.

NRMA_Paul - are you able to find out how long it will be before the Tamworth charger is repaired?

I spoke to the Australian Tritium agent at the Gunnedah NRMA charger yesterday and he said there is no shortage of parts, and they have 6 complete units in stock at the moment, so there shouldn't be long delays in fixing broken chargers.

Hello @GordonED7​ , Sorry for the delay here. A technician had attended this location earlier today to repair, but has found that further parts are needed which are not on hand. We do want this location to be up and running ASAP, as we understand the importance of this location for locals and visitors and hope to have this up and running by the end of the week. 

Currently out of the 50 plus locations, we have outages across 4 sites, including 2 locations vandalised. https://www.mynrma.com.au/electric-vehicles/charging

We will continue to work with our service partners to ensure these locations are up and running, making trips further accessible for EV owners.