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"An eLumina DS400 ultra fast charger was officially opened for business in a
small ceremony last Friday.
This battery integrated EV charger is the first of its kind to be owned and
commissioned by a private customer for public use anywhere in Australia and
fills a significant charging gap in Perth’s southern residential and light
industrial area of Cockburn.
Attendees included the Cockburn mayor, Logan Howlett, Hon. Josh Wilson the
Federal Member for Fremantle and Assistant Minister for Climate Change and
Energy, and Dr Brad Pettitt, leader of the Greens in the WA Legislative
Council.
Jon Edwards has installed the charger at an industrial unit he owns and leases
out. Jon was aware that (yet again) as a pioneer there would be difficulties
and therefore chose to simplify things by fully funding the project himself,
thereby eliminating delays related to grants and government processes.
He proceeded after a successful 16 month trial of a smaller eLumina D1 charger
open to public charging at his main workshop in O’Connor. This unit proved to
be reliable and robust, and in Jon’s words, moving to the bigger charger was “a
no-brainer”.
The DS400 is set up with two dispensers, each with two charger cables. One car
can charge at a maximum of 250kW, two at 180kW each, three at 120kW and four at
90kW each."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
