Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:00:01 +0000
You still have to plan well and use charger problem solving skills when undertaking a long trip in Australia due to incomplete charging networks, as we have previously written about here and here. Arthur and Laurel Hunt recently made a return trip from Yeppoon in Central Queensland to southern Tasmania in their three-year old Tesla […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 04:58:53 +0000
The Tesla community is a close-knit network, and many enthusiasts have taken to documenting their experiences with the electric vehicles either for fun, to spread sustainability awareness, or even to raise funding for certain causes, among other reasons still. In recent months, Model Y owner C Woody has decked his vehicle out in preparations for […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2023 23:19:38 +0000
Needing a break from the hustle and bustle of the big city, we headed for the high country of Ravensbourne National Park for a short break. Rob and Annette had graciously invited us to stay at their “Escape.” We charged up overnight to 100% (335 km in our 2019 Model 3 SR) and packed up […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2023 08:02:23 +0000
Mark Purcell and his family have just completed a holiday drive, travelling 8000 km from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland to Hobart in Tasmania and back, all the while myth busting about the capabilities of electric vehicles. He tells me that he visited 19 Tesla Superchargers with zero wait time at a total cost of […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 08:20:19 +0000
The great Aussie road trip continues. Read part 1 here and part 2 here. Our Bairnsdale accommodation was not only luxurious but had Tesla destination chargers. We had a stress-free few days visiting spots around Lakes Entrance in Victoria. We walked out to the entrance itself — a 5 km round trip — and saw […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 20:00:23 +0000
For the beginning of the great Aussie road trip in EVs, you need to read part 1. In Sydney, we stayed with old school friends and demonstrated how we could charge in their garage over the weekend. He is a big fan of Lexus, but they can only offer an EV with 200 km of […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 05:40:59 +0000
As petrol and diesel race each other to $2.50 a litre, electric vehicle drivers do not have to worry about the cost of their driving. We have just returned from a 3,600 kilometre great Aussie road trip which cost us about $200 in fuel … $50 on Chargefox and $150 on Tesla. Taking a slow […]
Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 21:52:41 +0000
My wife and I have just completed our annual 1500 mile trip from Three Lakes in northern Wisconsin to Lindon, Utah, 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. We take three days in our Tesla Model 3 Long Range just like we did previously with our Toyota Highlander gasmobile. This is true even with two […]
Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 18:12:05 +0000
We’ve now taken a long road trip with Tesla FSD Beta 10.69. Here’s our report on how it performed. Background — What Is Tesla FSD Beta? There are three different levels of driver automation that Tesla drivers have/can get. Every Tesla car has advanced Autosteer and Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC). Autosteer will keep you perfectly […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 01:44:56 +0000
By David Morgan, Plug-In NCW Newsletter We just completed a 5-week, 8,300-mile family road trip to the Canadian Maritimes and back again. Although we’ve been driving electric cars since 2014 and have logged almost 200,000 EV miles, including several multi-day road trips in our 2018 Bolt EV, this trip was unlike any we’d done before. […]