General News
11 September, 2022
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WEDDERBURN’S electric vehicle charging station at Jacka Park is back in service. Loddon Shire repaired the station after damage by vandals. It came back into service late last month. There have been a total of 43 charges at the station that first...
WEDDERBURN’S electric vehicle charging station at Jacka Park is back in service.
Loddon Shire repaired the station after damage by vandals. It came back into service late last month.
There have been a total of 43 charges at the station that first came online last October, a daily average when working of 0.13 charges.
“This station operated reliably when commissioned until vandalised, which resulted in it being offline for a long period while repairs were undertaken,” a council spokesperson said. Wedderburn is one of three charging stations in the Loddon.
The first stationed was commissioned at Inglewood in March 2021.
Council said that station had been used for a total of 265 charges, an average of 0.5 a day.
“This has been operational 100 per cent of the time since commissioning and is getting relatively well used,” council said.
The Newbridge charging point, operating since April last year, has been used for 26 charges of a daily average of 0.05.
According to the council, phone reception quality in Newbridge has resulted in this station being taken offline after first commissioning to install a 3G signal booster to improve the Telstra signal. This station is now operational.
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