Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Phase 1 of Queensland's fast-charging EV network is complete

Source: RenewEconomy
The Queensland government, Australia, claims to have completed the “world’s longest electric vehicle superhighway in a single state”. A series of fast-charger station installations reach north-south from Coolangatta to Cairns and east-west from Brisbane to Toowoomba.

There are now fast-charging stations installed in Bowen, Cairns, Carmila, Childers, Gatton, Hamilton, Gold Coast Airport (Coolangatta), Mackay, Marlborough, Maryborough, Miriam Vale, Rockhampton, Springfield, Sunshine Coast (Cooroy), Townsville, Toowoomba and Tully.

At this stage, EV drivers can use the fast-charging stations at no cost. Also the EVs are topped up with low carbon power, the energy supplied at the stations will be bought through green energy credits or offsets.

The state government has a vision to encourage the uptake of EVs in Queensland, getting as many people as possible on board the EV revolution, as part of the state’s transition to a low-emissions future.

Further reading: Phase one of “world’s largest” EV fast-charging network completed in Queensland. RenewEconomy, January 31, 2018.
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6 comments:

  1. Duncan Booth31 January 2018 at 03:43

    I don't know Australian geography, but is that really 210km between chargers? Going to be a brave driver that takes their EV down that road.

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    1. Australian Association for Environmental Education ACT Chapter31 January 2018 at 12:48

      Depends which generation of EV we run - the trunk of the stage 1 highway is not a match for first gen or many of the 50km PHEVs, for sure! But stage 2 might be? (I have first gen leaf) I guess its being built for the next generation of mainly BEVs that are about to come in ...

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    2. Australian Association for Environmental Education ACT Chapter31 January 2018 at 12:49

      Seems to be that Stage 1 is for longer range 'next gen' EVs - maybe stage 2 fills in the gaps?

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  2. Unknown1 February 2018 at 12:31

    I used to drive from Brisbane to Coolangatta, that was pretty flat. I wouldn't worry about the 210km between the chargers. It's a distance that the Leaf 1 can do too. I see this initiative quite good. FNQ is an amazing place and now you can drive up for free :P

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  3. Unknown1 February 2018 at 12:31

    I used to drive from Brisbane to Coolangatta, that was pretty flat. I wouldn't worry about the 210km between the chargers. It's a distance that the Leaf 1 can do too. I see this initiative quite good. FNQ is an amazing place and now you can drive up for free :P

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  4. Suzanne21 February 2018 at 19:37

    Very impressive. Any info on future phases -- timeline, locations?

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