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NRMA transforms Australia's EV charging landscape
When the NRMA started installing 50 EV fast chargers in 2018, it was no stranger to the hurdles that lay ahead. Technical problems NRMA has encountered include tackling major grid constraints limiting charging capacity, ensuring charger compatibility with all vehicles on the market, and putting in p
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EV drivers will soon be able to make the nearly 3000-kilometre trip from Darwin and through to SA
Chargers in Katherine, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs are launching this week, part of a $78.6 million partnership between the Commonwealth and NRMA to deliver a national EV fast-charging network.These new sites will link some of the most remote parts of Australia with cleaner and cheaper-to-run tr
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How do I charge my EV without the NRMA App?
As a visitor from the the UK, my phone is registered to the UK APP Stores, and the NRMA app is only available if I'm assigned to the Australian App Store. It looks like I cannot change the App Store without buying a new phone. Other EV networks allow me to sign up in advance, and even post EV Char
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Brisbane - Melbourne - Brisbane road trip 4545 kms
Just completed this trip over Christmas, one word, horrible experience, never again in an electric car. Cost $130, but the experience with broken chargers, drivers charging to 100% hogging the chargers, long wait times (at one point 1hr and 20 mns) to charge, was a terrible, stressful experience, n
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Further NSW Government funding announced for EV network
For the first time, the NRMA will deliver a battery at many of the new 11 locations announced this week as part of the NSW Govt. funding, taking pressure off the electricity grid. Four charging bays will be delivered at each location, two with the capacity to charge a vehicle up to 350kW If you've n
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ACT charging stations
Hi, we assumed that the green ACT would have good DC cover. Mistake. On way out of town to Sydney we checked apps and saw lots of choice Fyshwick / Majura. However, being new to this game we did not check the kws of each. The faster was Tesla only, leaving only 11 & 22 kws ACs…with no shade on
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A road trip from Ballina to Sydney with a BYD Atto 3
Mixing things up, our EV Hub Editor, booked a BYD Atto extended range from SIXT Australia and hit the road racking up over 1400kms on a return trip from Northern Rivers to Sydney stopping at various points along the way.The goal, to drive all the way to Sydney and back without paying for charging, t
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Payment using NRMA App
Does a place exist that gives a concise explanation of how to use the NRMA App to pay at an NRMA Fast Charger?
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Public charging stations that don't exist of don't work
I have recently purchased a Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV and so far have failed to enjoy the thrill of a public charge. The first attempt was to use the chargers at Stockland shopping centre Forster. They have 2 Tesla charging points that work brilliantly for Tesla cars but not other brands, and 2
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