Can Electric Vehicles Revive the Great Aussie Road Trip? Part One

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Australians like to drive but with fossil fuel costs skyrocketing many are considering the option of the great Aussie road trip in an EV.

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 trip from Brisbane in Queensland to the beautiful Lakes Entrance in Victoria would have cost us about $900 in petrol in our V6 Sonata.

Tesla Supercharger prices varied from state to state — from a low of 52 cents per kWh to a high of 69 cents per kWh. Chargefox manages the Tritium chargers that are provided by theOf course, we had to plan our journey, factoring in meal breaks at the high-speed charging spots and booking accommodation with Tesla destination chargers — as we did on our

last year. And then there was the dreaded blackspot, with no high-speed chargers from Narooma south to the Victorian border.Our first stop was for morning tea and a charge at the Tesla Superchargers at Knockrow, just over the Queensland border and into New South Wales. This venue is like a Tesla charging museum, with an old destination charger, an old Supercharger, and a row of brand spanking new Superchargers.

 

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