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The electricity network providers want to be able to compete with their own customers, and that's the claim they're using to justify it. That doesn't make it true.
Meanwhile, those same network providers are often taking months to get around to grid upgrades to connect new fast chargers. I think the one at Erina Fair was sitting there for six months before it finally went live.
Yes, really. I recommend checking plugshare (linked above) to find chargers before complaining about the lack of chargers.
Please check what kind of charges are they. majority < 8Kw. It is not good even for destination charger. It would be pretty good for home, but not a place where you have to take your car to recharge.
As long as Plugshare data is accurate. A lot of towns only have a 3kW public charger.
No one does the maths to determine that it would take 20 hours to fill a 60kW battery.
Some have 7kW and some even have 22kW, so you can park your car in a side street for 3 hours before you can continue your journey.
Fast DC chargers are available in main highways, and more are being installed all the time, but just because a charger is shown on Plugshare; there is no guarantee that it; A) will be in service, B) will charge your car in a reasonable time, C) will not be occupied.
Plugshare has this cool feature where it tells you if a charger is a rapid charger or a destination charger. The orange ones in the image are rapid chargers. As you can see, they are not just on highways.
Plugshare also has a rating system to give you an indication of reliability, user reports so you can see if it was working recently, and even has integration with several charging companies to give you realtime information about how many chargers are available or in use.
The old tritium chargers had reliability issues, but the newer chargers seem to be a lot better so far.