EV general discussion

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I've been surprised at how many EV charging points I've noticed while travelling in NQ. I didn't realize so many were around. They have been pairs of 7Kw chargers.

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Did you see anyone actually using them?

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Originally Posted by Eevo

yes, difference is, takes 2min to put fuel in a car. but several hours to charge an EV, even if its not a full charge.

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so what, the point is you charge at home whilst your sleeping.

If someone invented a system that produced petrol or diesel from elements in the atmosphere collected on rooftop panels, that could be installed at home for $5000 and filled your car's fuel tank a drop at a time and took 6 hours to fill your tank , people would make it a priority to save up $5000 and install the system asap. no one would be complaining about the fill times.

The NQ EV network is obviously intended to enable tourists to travel up the coast for holidays, so that's good.

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Originally Posted by goingbush

so what, the point is you charge at home whilst your sleeping.

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my comment was in reference to what happens when you run out of juice

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Originally Posted by scarry

Did you see anyone actually using them?

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I go to townsville regularly formwork, there are two charge points on Palmer St.....never seen a car hooked up. Thing is it’s a busy little street at night that has two car parks empty.

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Originally Posted by W&KO

I go to townsville regularly formwork, there are two charge points on Palmer St.....never seen a car hooked up. Thing is it’s a busy little street at night that has two car parks empty.

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There is two at Sirromet wines,never seen anyone use them either.

That’s why I put up the question,no answer probably means no.

So if they are not being used,the question is why bother with them?

They definitely are not commercially viable,at the moment,and won’t be for many years.


EV sales in this country are not increasing at all,for many reasons,and probably won’t in the forseable future.

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Originally Posted by scarry

There is two at Sirromet wines,never seen anyone use them either.

That’s why I put up the question,no answer probably means no.

So if they are not being used,the question is why bother with them?

They definitely are not commercially viable,at the moment,and won’t be for many years.


EV sales in this country are not increasing at all,for many reasons,and probably won’t in the forseable future.

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I’m guessing they get used every now and than....charge points in the are tax payer or rates payer funded and probably have a ridiculous ROI.

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Originally Posted by W&KO

I go to townsville regularly formwork, there are two charge points on Palmer St.....never seen a car hooked up. Thing is it’s a busy little street at night that has two car parks empty.

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You should park there, grab a lead and throw one end in the boot and plug it it - you'd get to use the carpark and everyone would think yo u are just charging your car. [biggrin]

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Originally Posted by Homestar

You should park there, grab a lead and throw one end in the boot and plug it it - you'd get to use the carpark and everyone would think yo u are just charging your car. [biggrin]

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Make a small transformer and keep the fridge powered while shopping.

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Originally Posted by goingbush

so what, the point is you charge at home whilst your sleeping.

If someone invented a system that produced petrol or diesel from elements in the atmosphere collected on rooftop panels, that could be installed at home for $5000 and filled your car's fuel tank a drop at a time and took 6 hours to fill your tank , people would make it a priority to save up $5000 and install the system asap. no one would be complaining about the fill times.

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Agree people would optimise opportunity. What happens when you go beyond a standard 'fill'?... Then the whole thing (currently) becomes silly and inconvenient.
The fact is that the 'home fuel generator' would then cause the closure of many fueling facilities which would then cause further inconvenience for motorists and a hike in prices.

Even Sales reps and delivery guys can run up to 2 tanks of 'energy' a day. Sitting around waiting 6 hours before heading out again isnt going to do anyone any favours.
Factor in battery degredation and those guys will be pulling batteries out every 1-2 years.

We're now eyeing off the Rivian as an option - it has enough range to make a trip to Adelaide viable, will then need several hours on a charger to return home though - so currently the ICE vehicle would do the run unless we planned an overnighter. Imagine the charges a hotel or park is going to slug to charge such units in the future - will make the accomodation twice the price!

The big kicker will be how the government will recoupe lost fuel excise. No-one has spoken of this in parliament to this date. And they wont be giving up a revenue stream any time soon.