There's a fair few for Minister Miles to build. Seems old coal fired Josh is Up to it too.
Locations listed and more detailed info in the following article:
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/que...-built-across-queensland-20170727-gxk16r.html
JULY 27 2017 - 5:45PM
Electric car charging stations to be built across Queensland
Southport's Rodney Peachey is one of the first 700 Queenslanders to own an electric car, having owned his Tesla for three months.
Soon, Mr Peachy's car will have a wider range, following the launch of Queensland's first-ever network of electric car chargers.
New dawn: Electric car owner Rodney Peachey from Southport with Environment Minister Steve Miles at the launch of a network of 18 chargers to be built along the Queensland coastline in six months. Photo: Supplied
If all goes to plan, Queensland will have 18 electric vehicle charging stations along the coastline and west to Toowoomba within six months.
For the first 12 months, they will be available for use free to charge.
A network of 18 electric car chargers is promised to be in place within six months. Photo: supplied
The chargers will be between 100 and 210 kilometres apart and the network will cost taxpayers about $3 million to put in place and to fund the 12 months of free charging.
Mr Peachey's
Tesla P100 D has a range of 500 kilometres when it is fully charged.
"I've never been so pleased with a motor car in my life," he said.
In addition to the 700 electric cars in Queensland, there are also 15,000 petrol/electric hybrids.
Close-up of electric car charger Photo: Supplied
Chargers will be built at:
- Cairns;
- Tully;
- Townsville;
- Bowen;
- Mackay;
- Carmila;
- Marlborough;
- Rockhampton;
- Miriam Vale;
- Childers;
- Maryborough;
- Cooroy;
- Brisbane;
- Helensvale;
- Coolangatta;
- Springfield;
- Gatton; and
- Toowoomba.
Electric cars queensland electric superhighway Photo: Supplied
The biggest distance between the chargers is in north Queensland, with 202 kilometres between Bowen andTownsville, and 208 kilometres between Townsville and Tully.
"In the initial stage this will be provided free of charge and it will be sourced from renewable energy, or from offset sources," acting Main Roads and Environment Minister Steven Miles said at Thursday's launch.
"They will be available for use at no cost for the initial phase of the super highway so we can encourage as many people as possible to start using them."
After that,
they will cost about $45 per month.
The range of electic cars vary, with the Nissan Leaf able to drive188 kilometres, which will push motorists driving between some Queensland charging stations to the limit.
A Hyuandi Ioniq Electric has a range of 199 kilometres. The Chevrolet Bolt can travel 383 kilometres.
Teslas have a range of around 539 kilometres.
Most are now available in Australia.
Mr Peachey said electric cars were more efficient in "stop-start" traffic, similar to the halting, jolting traffic on the M1 between Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
"It gets better distance if it is stop-start traffic," he said.
"I get around 650 kilometres in that sort of traffic."
Mr Peachey and fellow electric car owner, Ray Newman, were both converts to the world of electric cars.
"I think in the next two or three years, there will be all types of electric cars when they see what the Tesla can do," Mr Peachey said.
His service bills are lower, with no gearbox, "no grease and oil change" and only the brake fluid to change every two years. Mr Peachy pays several hundred dollars for an annual check.
Mr Newman also drives an American-made Tesla which he bought 2½ years ago when it was relatively expensive, coming at a price tag of $128,000.
While the cost was "comparable" to his Mercedes-Benz, Mr Newman siad it was a lot cheaper to run.
"I just plug it in at home, which costs me a bit of $1000 a year in electricity," Mr Newman said.
Mr Newman, who has driven his Tesla to Sydney and back five times and down to Melbourne over Christmas, has racked up 50,000 kilometres on his odometer.
New South Wales and Victoria already have a network of electric chargers, to which the car's satellite navigation system guides Mr Newman.
"Here, it is a little bit more sparse, but this is certainly going to help," he said.
Mr Newman said driving longer distances with electric cars was getting easier.
"It is already feasible, " Mr Newman said.
"It is just a little slow if you have to stop (overnight) at a destination changeover," he said.
"It just means you have to stay overnight if you want to charge up."
Residential and workplaces use portable AC chargers and charge overnight.
The chargers at the 18 Queensland sites will be bigger and not easily moved, but they will charge faster and have different connection leads to suit different electric cars.
They use direct current and
can charge a vehicle to 80 per cent of its battery capacity within 30 minutes.
Electric Vehicle Council chief executive Behyad Jafari said the state government had sent a good message to the industry.
"This initial support from government serves as a signal to the market that Queensland is serious about electric vehicles and provides certainty to unlock investment to grow our economy and create new, high skilled jobs," he said.
"I encourage all governments across Australia to follow suit, particularly as this support will help to provide motorists with increased choice of cars that are cheaper and healthier to operate."
