Tesla opens first full V4 Supercharger site in Australia at Leichhardt as larger Hume Highway hub is planned

Leichhardt site marks first full V4 deployment in Australia

Tesla has opened what appears to be its first full V4 Supercharger site in Australia, at the Italian Forum carpark in Leichhardt in Sydney's inner west. The opening was flagged in a post on the r/AustralianEV subreddit and reported by zecar. The site features six stalls connected to V4 cabinets, capable of 800 to 1,000 V charging, and is open 24/7 with CCS compatibility listed on PlugShare. ¹

The chargers were funded under the NSW Government's fast charging grants, which require the chargers to be open to non-Tesla vehicles, according to zecar. The site joins a network of about 158 Tesla sites across Australia, based on carloop data cited by The Driven in July. ¹

PlugShare lists a maximum of up to 415 kW at the Leichhardt site, a figure Tesla has not confirmed, zecar notes. ¹

How V4 cabinets differ from the older V3 hardware

The practical benefit for other brands has already been demonstrated. A user reported on PlugShare that their Hyundai Ioniq 6 reached 170 kW at 40 per cent state of charge at the Leichhardt site, and said they had never seen more than 100 kW at older Tesla sites, according to zecar. That ceiling matters because V3 Superchargers are built around 400 V, so 800 V cars cannot use their full charging curves there. ¹

V4 cabinets support up to 1,000 V, which suits 800 V vehicles from brands including Hyundai, Kia, Zeekr and XPeng, zecar reports. The longer V4 cable, at 2.98 metres, also reaches charge ports at the front, rear or side more easily, and V4 posts carry a card terminal so drivers do not need the Tesla app, with the payment detail reported by CarExpert. ¹

Tesla owners themselves do not gain speed from the upgrade. Model 3 and Model Y owners in Australia top out at 250 kW, which older cabinets already deliver, according to The Driven as cited by zecar. ¹

Access comes at a reported price premium for other brands. Zecar lists Leichhardt pricing at $0.34 to $0.52 per kWh for Tesla vehicles and subscribers, and $0.48 to $0.73 per kWh for other vehicles, varying by time of day. At the top rate, zecar notes, non-Tesla drivers pay about 40 per cent more than Tesla owners, a differential it finds consistent across NSW sites including Pokolbin and Goulburn. ¹

Plans lodged for a 37-stall Hume Highway hub

Tesla has filed plans for a 37-stall Supercharger in Albury, on the New South Wales and Victoria border, which would become the largest public EV charging site in Australia if approved. According to ABC News, as reported by TeslaNorth.com, the $3.5 million development application was lodged with Albury City Council for a vacant 1,300-square-metre lot in the suburb of Thurgoona, about 2.5 km from the Hume Highway. ²

The plans call for 37 charging bays under solar canopies that could generate up to 100 kW, and the application says the site is aimed mainly at long-distance drivers on the busy Sydney to Melbourne run. ABC News reports the hub is slated to use Tesla's V4 chargers, and it would sit next to a gym and across the road from a supermarket complex. ²

At 37 stalls, the Thurgoona hub would come close to doubling the 20-stall V4 site Tesla opened on Lockyer Street in Goulburn in August 2025, which Tesla's Australia and New Zealand country director Thom Drew called the largest in the southern hemisphere. It would also more than double what Tesla already offers in Albury, where a 16-stall CBD Supercharger opened in December 2023. ²

Approval process still at an early stage

The Albury application is on public display until October 21, and a council assessment report is due by the end of November, so construction is still some way off, according to TeslaNorth.com. The proposal also fits a wider pattern: Tesla has applied to expand its Euroa Supercharger in Victoria from six V2 stalls to 10 V4 stalls and open it to other EVs, while councillors in Wagga Wagga are weighing a call for new chargers at the Tarcutta truck stop. ²

A network growing quickly toward open access

Tesla activated its 1,000th stall in Australia this June with a new site in Byron Bay, saying its chargers now cover more than 10,000 km of major highway corridors, and more than half of its Australian sites now accept CCS2 cars from other brands, according to TeslaNorth.com. V4 hardware is a significant part of that shift, with the Goulburn stalls rated at up to 250 kW per car and open to any CCS2-compatible EV. Tesla's global network has recently passed 85,000 stalls worldwide, the publication reports. ²