The Tesla Supercharging Network is the world’s largest electric vehicle fast charging network with more than 60,000 active kiosks and 6,600 locations globally. Every quarter, Tesla opens the floor to the electric vehicle community to vote on their favorite location for the next electric vehicle charging location.
Now the new Asia-Pacific tour, which includes Australia, is open.
At the time of writing, there are three Australian sites in the top 5 in the Asia Pacific region. These are spread across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Leongatha, Australia
Braidwood, Australia
Ipswich, Australia
Gwacheon, Seoul
Namyangju – Dasan, South Korea
In this Spring 2024 roundup, interested EV drivers can choose their top 5 Supercharger locations by visiting the Tesla Supercharger Voting Site. page. This voting page can be accessed by logging in with your Tesla account.
Tesla explains the Supercharger voting system on the company’s website as follows: “Vote on Tesla’s next Supercharger location. Each 3-month voting cycle, you can cast multiple votes to help us decide new Supercharger locations. Check the leaderboard to see Most popular suggested locations.
This is the first step of the process where up to 5 votes can be received per voter: “Cast a total of 5 votes (1 per location) for the proposed Supercharger locations.”
Non-Tesla drivers can also vote, since many future locations will likely be open to non-Tesla electric vehicles.
The previous five Australian Supercharger vote-winning locations are listed on the current Supercharger map with a yellow star dot. Those with “in development” status include:
Batemans Bay, New South Wales
Mansfield, Victoria
Apollo Bay, Victoria
(Port Augusta, South Australia).
Southern Cross, Western Australia
Moreover, Tesla revealed earlier this month 30 new locations Being planned or under construction in Australia.
A large portion of these sites were in New South Wales and Queensland, thanks in part to joint funding of electric vehicle charging infrastructure by governments in those states.
Similar funding is not the case in Victoria due to the lack of government prioritization of charging infrastructure in the state, so it is good to see Leongatha one of the sites receiving the highest votes so far in this round.
This would help electric car drivers and Tesla owners travel further to popular holiday destinations such as Wilsons Promontory National Park and parts of Gippsland in regional Victoria.
With the number of EVs exceeding 220,000 by September based on data collected by carloop, more charging infrastructure is needed to further boost EV adoption.
Engaging the EV community is a great way to get chargers where they’re needed most, and we encourage Tesla along with other companies to run EV infrastructure building initiatives in the future.
Rees is the founder of Melbourne-based carloop, which specializes in Australian electric vehicle data, insights and trend reporting. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first seven years of his career building transportation infrastructure before starting Carloop. He has a passion for cars, especially electric cars, and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.
