Tesla, as The Driven reported on Friday, has opened a new large Supercharger site in Coffs Harbour, NSW, with 16 V4 250 kW stalls, just in time for the Christmas and new year travel period.
It now turns out that, including this site in NSW, there have been almost 50 fast charging bays newly opened across three states in the lead-up to Christmas and the summer rush.
In NSW, another new supercharger site with eight stalls opened in Miranda, a suburb located in the south of Sydney.
This site is now open to both Tesla and non-Tesla vehicles with each of the eight stalls capable of delivering up to 300 kW of power.
Pricing for Tesla vehicles ranges between $0.33 to $0.58 per kWh, while non-Tesla vehicles pay a bit more if charging without a Tesla Supercharger membership.
Moving further south into Victoria, a new ten-stall site located in the border town of Kaniva also came online. This site sits between the Nhill in Victoria site, which was opened earlier this year, and Bordertown in South Australia.
It features well-spaced-out supercharger stalls, including one with drive-through capability, which is ideal for vehicles towing or even some electric trucks.
These stalls are capable of up to 250 kW of power per bay and are priced from $0.49 per kWh for Tesla vehicles and $0.69 per kWh for non-Tesla cars.
Moving up north into Queensland, three sites have recently opened. One of these sites is located in the town of Gin Gin, with six stalls. It’s located 114 km north-west of the popular coastal holidaying city of Harvey Bay.
According to the post by Tesla Australia & New Zealand account on X, it’s built in partnership with the Queensland government and features bays that are capable of up to 250 kW per stall.
This site is priced from $0.53 per kWh for Tesla vehicles and $0.74 per kWh for non-Tesla EVs.
Moving further north to a popular tourist town, Carmila, where a site with three Supercharger stalls has opened.
These stalls are capable of delivering up to 250 kW of power per bay and is priced at $0.35 per kWh for Tesla vehicles and $0.49 per kWh for non-Tesla EVs that do not have a Tesla Supercharger membership.
Lastly, the most northern supercharger to open in recent times came online at Mount Sheridan and features a solar canopy.
It was shared by Asia-Pacific supercharger expert, Alex on X, and features six stalls, each capable of up to 250 kW of power per bay.
According to Alex, with this site opening, Tesla drivers can now get from Adelaide to Cairns via Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, and Brisbane, using only the Tesla Supercharger network.
That is a distance of over 4,300 km, and according to Google Maps, the drive time alone would approach 50 hours.
This is a remarkable achievement by the Tesla charging team, and almost a decade’s worth of planning, investment and charging infrastructure deployment has gone into making it happen.
With the number of EVs growing by the thousands each month, the utilisation of these sites is expected to not only spike this Christmas and New Year break but also in the years ahead, making it easier to own and drive an EV long distances than ever before.
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.