Along the Hume Highway in NSW, Tesla has opened Australia’s largest electric vehicle charging station with 20 stalls.
Tesla has opened the largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station in the country – a 20-socket Supercharger lot in the NSW town of Goulburn, along the Hume Highway between Sydney and Canberra.
Tesla’s Country Director for Australia and New Zealand, Thom Drew, said in a LinkedIn post the Lockyer Street site is open to “all CCS2 compatible vehicles”.
“Right by the famous Big Merino, this is the largest site in the southern hemisphere and complements the original eight-stall site in town,” he said.
Less than four kilometres away from this site is the Sloane Street eight-stall Supercharger site, open to Teslas only – making the city a hub for charging in the region.
The 20 new Superchargers are Tesla's latest V4 design, capable of supplying power at up to 300kW.
The base price for Tesla owners to use the site is 21 cents per kilowatt-hour cheaper than it is for other EV drivers, at $0.52/kWh vs $0.73/kWh, respectively.
Tesla also charges an 'idle fee' of up to $1 per minute – depending on how busy the site is – if drivers leave their vehicle plugged after it is fully charged.
The Goulburn opening takes the title of Tesla's largest Supercharger site from a 16-stall location in Albury, which became operational in December 2023.
Electric-car sales have cooled from the highs of 2023, but they remain a popular part of the market.
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