My fastest charging rate was when the charge rate peaked at 196kW at the DC charger at Holbrook NSW, taking my EV from 16% to 80% in 25 min. That 80% gives me ~368km range at 110km/hr. If I fill to 100%, my EV gets ~460km range at 110km/hr.
The slowest rates I have chosen when travelling, have been while I’m at the beach or stopped for visiting, meetings or other work. The rate is 11kWh at one of the many AC charge points around, which tops up my EV battery by 30% in 2 hours.
With an electric vehicle, unlike a petrol car, you don’t need to break your journey to go to a petrol station to refuel. Instead when you stop somewhere to do some work, visit a friend, go to the beach, walk the dog, have a meal, or stay overnight, you just plug in your EV while there. This way, you top up your car at a park or business of your choosing, while doing what you want to, without a special stop to charge.
Some of the petroleum retailing companies, like BP and Ampol, are installing EV chargers at their petrol station sites, to attract EV drivers to still stop there, so the travellers still use the retail outlets that are on site.
So EV drivers now have an increasingly large choice of places they can charge when they stop.
Sample of nice places I have visited and also had my car recharging while visiting there
