Topic: Charge of the EV brigade to meet less resistance

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30/04/2026 at 6:07 pm #83776 Reply | Quote
Jimmy-T
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The petrol crisis may be temporary – let’s hope so – but new strata laws will make it easier for unit owners to install EV charging in their car spaces.

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05/05/2026 at 2:50 pm #83797 Reply
Strata Ken
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Running electricity to individual car spaces will be a pain. It will probably be quite expensive to run one, but unless the government provides some sort of program, they are unlikely to want to do all spaces. There are already problems in some areas due to replacing gas with electricity, adding in EV charging is going to increase the risk that substations etc will need to be upgraded. I heard about one where they wanted fast charging and just the cost of substation and wiring improvements was $375k for 24 units. It is a good time to be an electrical engineer.

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05/05/2026 at 3:03 pm #83806 Reply
Jimmy-T
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Strata Ken wrote:

Running electricity to individual car spaces will be a pain. It will probably be quite expensive to run one, but unless the government provides some sort of program, they are unlikely to want to do all spaces.

There are half a dozen companies that will provide systems that tap into existing wiring to provide off-peak charging to allow cars to be charged overnight when they are sitting doing nothing anyway.

… adding in EV charging is going to increase the risk that substations etc will need to be upgraded. I heard about one where they wanted fast charging and just the cost of substation and wiring improvements was $375k for 24 units.

We are victims of petrol-pump thinking. Off-peak charging will have little or no impact on the available power supply. The only people who NEED on-site fast charging are Uber drivers or anyone else who shares cars that are never parked overnight.

It is a good time to be an electrical engineer.

As it ever was.

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