Availability of Evie Networks chargers is disrupted at the moment because of an Australia wide outage of the Optus network.
Looking at the Evie app you can see that while a lot of the charger locations have issues, some locations like Evie Sutton Forest on the Hume Highway must be using another network provider than Optus because they are still working.
The other major charging networks seem to be mostly OK, Chargefox says only a small percentage of their network is impacted by the Optus outage
Only a small number of chargers on the Chargefox platform seem to be impacted by the Optus outage. It appears to be approximately 200 charging locations. This is from a total of approximately 5000 plugs available on our platform (~2000 public and ~3000 private).
— Chargefox (@Chargefox) November 8, 2023
Evie networks just issued this statement:
We wanted to let you know that some of our sites are temporarily unavailable due to an ongoing Optus outage. We understand this may affect your experience, and we’re working diligently to resolve the issue.
Please take note of the following:
You can initiate a charge with your Evie Pass RFID if you’ve used it at a specific site before.
We are actively monitoring the situation and working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.
We’ll keep you updated with any developments. For real-time updates, be sure to check our app regularly. (if you’re an Optus customer, please use a working Wi-Fi signal to access the Evie App.)
Thank you for your patience, and we appreciate your understanding during this unexpected outage.
I recommend that all EV drivers carry an RFID card to use at chargers. You don’t need a different RFID card for each charging network as I have explained here..
If you’re relying on public chargers to get to your destination, it’s also a good idea to charge every few hours rather than waiting until you’re down to 10-20%.
Because if you reach a charger site and it isn’t working, you will be stranded without enough battery capacity to get to the next charger.
