Tesla Car Australia Expands The Network Range.
A concern for owners and drivers of purely electrically powered cars is what’s called “range anxiety”. Much like a conventional car, range will vary depending on driving style, with spirited and exuberant driving draining charge quicker.
Tesla Cars Australia recently updated the list of charging stations available, with its 300th charge point being added at the Yarra Valley De Bortoli estate at Dixon’s Creek in Victoria. Over that, Tesla have added 100 charger stations in just six months and announced a global doubling of stations, demonstrating their committment to making having a Tesla car as convenient as possible.
With locations identified across South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia and Queensland, once completed and installed Tesla owners will be able to drive from Adelaide’s city centre to Gympie in North Queensland completely emissions-free.
South Australia and Western Australia will see their first Supercharger locations, whilst the other additions in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland will allow for Tesla owners to visit popular holiday locations. Tesla’s milestone 300th Destination Charger is situated approximately 50 kilometres north-east of Melbourne near the towns of Yarra Glen and Healesville and is famous for producing some of the finest Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in Australia.
The winery is well suited as a Destination Charging site, which is designed to be installed at locations where owners of the award winning Model S and Model X will spend a few hours to recharge. Most Destination Charging sites are found at wineries, shopping centres, hotels, resorts and secure parking locations, utilising the same infrastructure as owners use at home.
Tesla Destination Charging stations are designed to enable Tesla owners to drive to key locations where Tesla owners frequent for longer stops with the knowledge they have a charging solution. Destination Charging stations use the same unit as the Wall Connector used at home and charge at a rate of 40km every hour on 32amp or up to 81 km per hour with 3 phase. All charging is dependent on a site’s power output. This style of charging is a replication of the convenience Tesla owners receive when charging at home.
(With thanks to Tesla Car Australia).
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Peter Yates says:
I have heard on the “grape vine” that there is a unit being refined in SA that once energised,will generate a continuous supply of power without the input of any additional energy.This I believe is being developed for the domestic market and but for the inhibitive cost of a worldwide patent, could be close to reality.The units can be made to produced from 1 to 10,000 kw hrs of power and with this in mind, maybe Tesla would not have to develop and install costly batteries and place charging units all over the country.
However, as with new inventions,one would need to get past the oil and energy supply companies who will make this disappear with all the money at their disposal.
Here’s hoping this is not the case and we finally have something that will benefit the world as a whole and not just the oil rich countries.
July 27th, 2017 at 12:33 pm