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Post by 4wardthinking on Nov 23, 2016 6:06:37 GMT 11
According to one web area, Tesla are to charge for public charging in US. The mysterious, priceless & unknown facets are beginning to emerge. www.plugincars.com/model-3-owners-will-pay-access-tesla-superchargers-131764.htmlInteresting to those already on the hook of buying an unknown quantity, yet Nissan US and BMW are continuing to install more public charge points. Interesting concept by Nissan, and aparrently free. The question now is do TESLA owners put an apology note detailing their contact number & eta of return!. It is likely that we are all in the same situation, and take any convenient opportunity to charge, LEAF, imiev, BMW or TESLA. QED. |
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Post by stewartm on Nov 24, 2016 6:38:12 GMT 11
Almost without exception, in France the high capacity DCFC units, apart from Tesla super chargers are sponsored by NISSAN. They include Chademo, CCS and Mennekes high capacity AC on each bollard. Even the supermarket ones a supported by Nissan. Units are free still, there are a few pay per charge units, these being Mennekes AC only @€1.80/fill and a rarer few DCFC pay per charge units. Given that commercial power in France is €0.06/kWh it's the infrastructure that costs.   |
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Post by 4wardthinking on Nov 24, 2016 7:48:38 GMT 11
It goes to show what can/is being done outside of the AU mushroom farm.
It grips me that the tools that run this place are letting it go to the dogs for greed & bad financial foresight.
It's been almost five years since I got back to Europe, and reading this, its surprising how quick a country/s can move with correct management.
Last time there, I parked up my 996 in my garage, and it's going to shock me the changes that have occurred when I fire up the old soot pump.
I hear that most supermarkets have a few charge points on-site, yet here, not one has seen the light.
We follow the media adverts and still buy! Jeeps offerings that even in the US they avoid.
A few weeks ago a glittery program was on state tv, and they yapped about the TESLA... the one few at all would buy. I lost interest in the stylised blah quite rapidly.
C'mon Australia, let's not be the one nation struggling for last place again.
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Post by EVangelist on Nov 24, 2016 12:46:07 GMT 11
Tesla are to charge for public charging in US. They announced this on their website and it will apply globally not just to the US. First 400 kWh per year is free, which is around 1500 to 2000 km driving. The change will apply only to Teslas ordered after 1 Jan 2017. Customers who already have supercharging access (either included in the price of their car or paid up front as an option) are unaffected. I think it's fair enough. Tesla superchargers charge at 120 kW, more than double the 50 kW of Level 3 chargers. And Tesla is about to double the size of the global EV fleet with just one new car model, which will require them to heavily invest in more charging stations. That money should come from their customers who use the infrastructure. |
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Post by EVangelist on Nov 24, 2016 12:48:10 GMT 11
I hear that most supermarkets have a few charge points on-site, yet here, not one has seen the light. A few Westfield and Stockland shopping centres in Sydney have onsite EV chargers. |
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Post by 4wardthinking on Dec 1, 2016 12:05:20 GMT 11
Tesla are to charge for public charging in US. They announced this on their website and it will apply globally not just to the US. First 400 kWh per year is free, which is around 1500 to 2000 km driving. The change will apply only to Teslas ordered after 1 Jan 2017. Customers who already have supercharging access (either included in the price of their car or paid up front as an option) are unaffected. I think it's fair enough. Tesla superchargers charge at 120 kW, more than double the 50 kW of Level 3 chargers. And Tesla is about to double the size of the global EV fleet with just one new car model, which will require them to heavily invest in more charging stations. That money should come from their customers who use the infrastructure. [ I have a "gut feeling" about the TESLA charge service. I'd like to think I'm wrong, but given the contorted Gov's lack of charge points, I wonder if the deal to put them in helped sales for TESLA, and.... gave a 'free' charge point infrastructure for the feral Government to commandeer at some point in the future?. And that Nissan may have not played ball with how the LEAF charges. It just flashed through my mind!. (Yep, bags of space in there!). Could be wrong though, it's only hypothesis. .. I'll put my tin hat on now!. |
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