I travelled 4,849km, Sydney to Townsville by EV and return from Townsville, via Kingaroy and New England Highway, to Sydney by EV. Weather Conditions Average conditions were 100-110km/hr and roads…
Type 2 Rural Examples BYO Cable
Here are some examples of rural locations I’ve used my Type 2 cable. More info on AC charging is here.
Sydney to Dubbo 915km Trip by EV
Summer trip 915km in temps up to 39oC in a Tesla 3LR EV in Jan 2024 Sydney, Bathurst, Dubbo, Gulgong, Hill End, Sofala, Bathurst, Sydney by EV. Average real range 486km/100%…
Info I Found about Electric Vehicles
These are just some sites I found with databases of real world data on Tesla and other EVs real range, helpful videos, Facebook groups, places to buy cables and other…
EV Trip Sydney Melbourne Orbost Cann River Cooma Canberra Sydney
This 1,988km trip in my EV is during summer in Australia and involves freeway travel at 110 km/hr and main road travel at 100 or 80 km/hr. Summary This trip…
Real Range Update Tesla 3LR EV after 38,000 kms
Hi, by February 2023 I reached 38,000 kms in my electric vehicle since Sep 2021. 1 year and 5 months travelling across rural NSW and Victoria plus urban driving around…
4,251km road trip in Tesla 3LR Electric Vehicle
In late Autumn early Winter I travelled on a 4,252km road trip in my Tesla 3LR Electric Vehicle, visiting places across NSW and Victoria. Setting out from Sydney NSW, travelling…
Great Ocean Road – Torquay to Port Fairy Road Trip by Electric Vehicle
Day 1 Torquay to Apollo Bay Left Torquay Vic in my EV with 100% charge in my electric vehicle after charging at the RACV Resort Chargefox fast EV chargers. Arrived…
Tumut to Batlow to Wodonga by Electric Vehicle
I left Tumut with a bit less than 60% charge, travelling in my electric vehicle through the mountains to Batlow for breakfast. I left Batlow for Wodonga 170km away with…
Narooma Cooma Mount Kosciuszko Tumut by Tesla Electric Vehicle
This trip is travelling in a Tesla electric vehicle from the coast into the snowy mountains, the highest mountains in Australia, some sight seeing and then across to the western…
Sydney to Narooma by Electric Vehicle
Day 1 Sydney to Moruya I chose to travel from northern Sydney via Goulburn and then east through Braidwood to Batemans Bay and then down the coast to Moruya. Left…
Sydney to Bourke via Cobar in Tesla Electric Vehicle
Summary I travelled in my ev 1,836 kms from Sydney to Bourke via Cobar and return, in temps to 38oC. The Trip It has been many years since I visited Cobar…
Yea Cowra Bathurst Sydney 905kms in Electric Vehicle
Starting my country trip back to Sydney with a top up to 94% at Yea Supercharger and Marmalades cafe. Next stop 219 kms at Barnawartha North Chargefox, where Navigation says…
Sydney to Melbourne 822kms by Electric Vehicle
Summary – For this trip I travelled 822kms at 100-110km/hr on M2, M7, Hume Hwy and regional Vic roads, arriving at Yea having used 122kWh of electricity. I averaged a…
Scissor Jack
After buying my spare wheel, I checked the lug nut size, which is 21 mm, so I put a wrench with socket in the well in the boot. The torque…
Tesla Spare Wheel Tesla 3 LR
28-10-2021: The Tesla spare wheel and tyre weigh 25 kg and you can use the space inside the spare wheel. I tried it to see how much I could pack…
Exploren Pole Charger
Tried the Exploren pole charger at North Ryde today. Worked well and an easy way to top up. Pole mounted chargers like this one make use of existing infrastructure which…
Day One of Driving an Electric Vehicle
Picked up my Tesla today, very easy, and then ventured out on Sydney’s streets. A lot of stop start traffic, getting from Tesla’s Alexandria delivery centre to the north and…
Tesla 3 Motors
Professor John D Kelly gives a really interesting lesson showing the insides of the Tesla 3 motors. He also has a video on the power electronics of how a Tesla…
Gen2 Mobile Connector Adaptor (Model3, ModelS/X ‘Raven’) – 32A 5 pin
Update 04-07-2022 I have used this adaptor occasionally. It works well and I carry it on rural road trips in case I stop at showgrounds or caravan parks and need…