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Rethink of EV charger etiquette?
Over the last couple months, I have noticed an increase in the use of EV fast chargers (particularly NRMA chargers) as ownership of EVs continues to grow. A couple of weeks ago I had a family gathering at Jugiong, where I spent about 4 hours observing the comings and goings at the charger. Th
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Trip from Newport to Crescent Head
My question is about EV charging on the route north of Sydney. In one week I will be travelling from Newport to Crescent head and am concerned about the best charging stations on my way. I would appreciate any advice that might be forthcoming from someone who has experienced travelling this route
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New EV Chargers planned locations
Is there a site that shows where all planned fast EV chargers will be located?
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Greetings…just joined group. Have a Mercedes GLC300e phev. Have never managed to work out what would be needed by way of an adaptor to use at a public charging station so only ever charged at a home power point. Vehicle regularly gives me 45 kms which often sufficesfor months on end, for our mostly
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Are there any other Polestar 2 owners out there?
I love my Polestar 2 and can absolutely recommend it. I haven't encountered any problems to date. I would love to hear of other owners, especially about charging for long journeys, from Sydney to Melbourne say..
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Caravan towing
Thinking of purchasing a small caravan, I have an XC40 twin electric and the charging point is on the left rear. Would I need to unhitch or can you purchase an extender cable for fast chargers? I want to go on long trips requiring multiple chargers in one day and the only way I can see to do this is
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Some new NRMA chargers installed to power Fully Charged and give more CBD top up options
The NRMA Energy has installed 15 AC Chargers in the Sydney ICC parking bays (P1 & P2) which supports charging for 25 EVs. These become part of the NRMA EV charging network and will play an integral role for the Fully Charged event this weekend as all the test drive EVs will be using these charge
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Why are so many NRMA chargers broken?
And why for so long? What is going on ? Who is going to fix it and how? when?
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“Sorry, I went ballooning:” It’s high time charging networks cracked down on EV squatters
Although an extreme case, a recent article by thedriven.io made mention of an EV owner who had taken up one of only two charging bays at one of our fast charging locations, The Farm in Byron Bay. The EV owner was nowhere to be seen, but returned some hours later after enjoying a hot air balloon expe
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When can we expect pricing options to be finalised?
Many are surely curious what the pricing model will be in the end. What is the rollout schedule for User-pays charging?
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