One of Tesla ownership’s biggest perks is access to reliable supercharging station sites. Late last year, Tesla accidentally revealed the estimated location of around 20 of the upcoming sites in Australia.
Now it seems a few have been changed and won’t be opening in Q1 2023 as initially estimated. Today we look at some of these upcoming sites and see how many are delayed.
Queensland
Starting in Queensland which had five sites listed that started just South of Brisbane and extended as far north as Mackay. All of these sites had a target opening date of Q1 2023, so by March this year.
Only one of the five sites is on target to open in the first quarter of the year.
- Brisbane South – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- New Target Opening: Q1 2023
- Bundaberg – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- New Target Opening: Q3 2023
- Mackay – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- New Target Opening: Q3 2023
- Miriam Vale – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- New Target Opening: Q3 2023
- Rockhampton – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- New Target Opening: Q3 2023
It’s good news for inner-Brisbane Tesla owners with the Brisbane South site expected to be on track for opening by the end of next month.
It’s also worth noting that this site at this stage will be known as the Coorparoo Supercharger. Coorparoo is an inner-south suburb located less than 6 km from Brisbane CBD.
NSW
In NSW, five sites also had a target opening date of Q1 2023. Out of the five, Blaxland and Campbelltown supercharger sites are still targeting an opening by the end of next month.
- Armidale – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- New Target Opening: Q2 2023
- Blaxland – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- New Target Opening: Q1 2023
- Campbelltown – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- New Target Opening: Q1 2023
- Kempsey – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- No longer on the map
- Wagga Wagga – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- New Target Opening: Q3 2023
The Armidale site has been pushed back to Q2 this year while the Wagga Wagga supercharger has been postponed even further to Q3 of the year.
Surprisingly the Kempsey site which was located between Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour has now been taken off the map.
Tenterfield and Wollongong superchargers were set for Q4 2022 opening which both did before Christmas.
This made journeys for hundreds of people a lot easier during the busiest summer for EVs in Australia so far.
Victoria
Given Victoria’s population and Tesla’s uptake in the state, it was surprising to see only three new sites on the cards for 2023. The Bairnsdale supercharger was expected to open in Q1 this year but has now been pushed to Q4 2023.
Meanwhile, the Dandenong supercharger site in the outer southeast of Melbourne is now expected to be operational before July this year.
- Bairnsdale – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- New Target Opening: Q4 2023
- Dandenong – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- New Target Opening: Q2 2023
- Wheelers Hill – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- Opened in Q4 2022
The good news is that Tesla’s current biggest supercharger site which was originally called Wheelers Hill is now the Box Hill supercharger, boasting 12 V3 250 kW superchargers. This site opened only days before Christmas in 2022.
Tasmania
Tasmania had two sites that were destined to be opened in Q1 2023. Both sites were located in Hobart, just north and south of Hobart. Now only one site remains with an opening date of Q3 2023.
- Hobart, New Town – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- New Target Opening: Q3 2023
- Hobart, Sandy Bay – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- No longer on the map
Once the Hobart site is opened, it’d be appreciated by many Tasmanian and touring Tesla drivers.
It’s currently unclear of the number of stalls at this supercharger site but given Devenport offered 3 V3 stalls, we expect it to be at least twice the size.
Western Australia
Western Australia showed two sites in October last year. Since then the Lancelin site is now no longer on Tesla’s upcoming supercharger map which leaves the Mandurah site.
The Mandurah supercharger is now pushed back by over 6 months and is expected to be ready before September this year. This site is located 70 km south of Perth and is on the way to
- Lancelin – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- No longer on the map
- Mandurah – Target Opening: Q1 2023
- New Target Opening: Q3 2023
The delay and removal of planned supercharger locations can be expected and Tesla doesn’t hide this fact. It openly states that this is expected on any of the upcoming supercharger sites:
“Timing and location subject to change, New locations added and timing updated quarterly”
Tesla’s superchargers in Australia have made road-tripping and charger anxiety a thing of the past for many Tesla drivers across Australia.
The latest Tesla supercharger site installs data from carloop shows that since 2015, 11 out of the 56 sites were installed in the last 14 months.
The same data shows that two new sites that were not part of the 20 revealed in October last year have already opened in the first 45 days of 2023.
These sites have a total of 9 of Tesla’s V3 Supercharger stalls. Both of these sites are located in Victoria. These include:
- Shepperton – 6 V3 250 kW supercharger stalls
- Cann River – 3 V3 250 kW supercharger stalls
The supercharger stations by far are the most reliable, have multiple charging stations and are easy to stop at on road trips across many popular routes in Australia.
With the rollout of many larger sites planned for this year which may not currently even show up on Tesla’s supercharger map, it’s going to be the best year for Tesla supercharging sites so far.
Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.