Electric-vehicle chargers

This reliability standard is planned to be introduced alongside several other electric-vehicle charging-related requirements, such as a common payment system, and multiple charging port options, and a more widespread use of the Combined Charging System (CCS) plug that is fitted to all but two electric vehicles currently sold in Australia.

The roll-out of Australian government-funded electric-vehicle chargers has faced other issues, including rural Australia’s power grid not being able to cope with the extra electricity required to charge vehicles.

Data on electric-vehicle charger ‘uptime’ is generally scarce, and Tesla – which runs one of Australia’s largest electric-vehicle charging networks, comprised of its ‘Superchargers’ – does not publish its numbers.

Tritium – a formerly Brisbane-based manufacturer of charging stations – claims a 97 per cent uptime figure on the Evie charging network in Australia.

However it does not publish a figure for the uptime of its electric-car chargers operated by Chargefox, another major charging network in Australia.

22kw Wall Mounted Ev Car Charger Home Charging Station Type 2 Plug