Telstra outage disrupts Chargefox EV charging network across Australia

A Telstra telecommunications outage affected the Chargefox EV charging network across Australia, disrupting charging services for electric vehicle drivers. The issue was reported by CarExpert, highlighting the dependency of charging infrastructure on mobile network connectivity.

Why it matters: This incident underscores the vulnerability of EV charging networks to third party telecommunications failures, raising questions for CPOs about network redundancy, failover solutions and service level agreements with connectivity providers.