My husband and I have own our Nissan Leaf since 2023 and apparently in 2024 Congress passed a second registration fee on all EV cars. So on top of our annual $50 (increased from last year) registration, we also are required if we want to own an electric vehicle to pay the government $200! What the actual FUCK! This is so much bullshit for literally the future of automotive travel. We've saved so much on gas that the Leaf has already paid us back but that's some serious financial power armed against citizens who are trying to reduce their carbon footprint. Just needed to rant because we got the bill yesterday in the mail
I've been waiting for 2 years, and I finally got a Wallbox Quasar. I believe I'm the second person in Australia to get one (ignoring government trials and business installs).
My thoughts so far:
The ability to set how fast the car charges/discharges is nice.
The app lets you set a maximum and minimum battery level. I've currently got it set up 20% - 85%. I'll probably adjust this as I learn more.
You can set schedules for charging and discharging. There is no option to set the rate in the schedule. Instead it uses the rate currently set in the app. This is fine if you just want to schedule the times, but frustrating if you want multiple schedules with different charge rates.
There isn't a way to automate the charger with wholesale prices in Australia yet. Amber (a wholesale energy provider) is currently working on this.
This is an early model of V2G charger without all the features you might expect.
The Quasar is not able to operate during a blackout. This is mostly because