Earlier this month, Teslaās most northern supercharger site was spotted being constructed in the town of Bowen in northern Queensland. Tesla has now officially opened this site, and is making progress on a few more across the country.Ā
The 6 stall V3 supercharger site that has gone online this week in Bowen is located on the corner of Soldiers Rd and Bowen Connection Road.
This site has 6 of Teslaās V3 chargers with each stall capable of charging at speeds of up to 250 kW. One of the bays appears to be made for vehicles to drive into, which can help if towing a trailer.
According to Tesla this site was also co-funded by the Queensland Government. It is also open to non-Tesla EVs, which can be charged at this location via the Tesla app at a rate of $0.85 c/kWh.
The newly opened Bowen supercharger site is located just over 500 km from Rockhampton which was previously the most-northern supercharging location in Australia.
New Tesla Supercharger: Bowen, QLD (6 stalls)
Built in partnership with the Queensland Government https://t.co/GeaUkhMLqV pic.twitter.com/63pW0c8pAb
— Tesla Charging (@TeslaCharging) March 20, 2024
Another update from members of the EV community has shown that there is good progress being made on the V4 supercharger site in Orange.Ā
Keenon on X shared an update on this site with it likely going online this weekend.
Not long now! Word is from my new techy friend is that the Tesla V4 chargers in Orange NSW will be up running by this weekend! @LudicrousFeed @Rizflip pic.twitter.com/ThxDyu8EQW
— KeenonEVs š¦šŗ (@keenonEVs) March 19, 2024
Another site spotted this week is in Mildura, Victoria which is now under construction. This site has 4 superchargers and is located close to supermarkets and amenities on Fifteenth Street in, Mildura.
@LudicrousFeed @Rizflip
Not yet confirmed but looks like Tesla Supercharger construction has started in Mildura.https://t.co/CQTpkYTqYd— Richard (@r34797) March 20, 2024
As EV uptake takes off soaring and reaching new highs in 2023, the rollout of fast chargers is ramping up to keep pace with the charging needs of the increasing EV fleet across Australia. Tesla is continuing to roll out more sites that are open to non-Tesla owners as well.
RizĀ 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.