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Better to be safe than in a real pickle in an Isolated part of Australia. I do believe that the QLD RAC agent in Camooweal which kindly provides the 3 phase charging has spent many a day rescuing petrol and diesel vehicles that have run out of fuel due to headwinds on that section of road.

The 2023 model Y road noise level has improved over previous Teslas but is still noticeable. If you want an EV with low levels of road noise and smooth suspension buy a European car, if you want the most efficient EV for its size, availability to the best charging infrastructure in the country...

300 model Ys just unloaded from the Swift Ace.

Fair enough at Ceduna Foreshore Hotel overlooking Murat Bay, not so enjoyable at other locations.

Then whats the point of the RAA installing a 32amp single phase outlet then? I guess it can only be marketing.

The RAA installing a 32amp single phase type 2 in Penong and Nullarbor when a 32amp 3 phase already exists is not going to provide anything but negative publicity- https://thedriven.io/2023/11/04/the-ev-charging-bottleneck-soon-to-arrive-on-the-nullarbor/

404 model Ys unloaded at Fremantle

Merredin DC is available for use, this is an excellent asset for EV drivers travelling between Perth and Kalgoorlie.

Great series of photos.

Some progress on the 6 stall v3 Superchargers at Port Coogee- https://x.com/tesla_wa/status/1713435209696518653?s=61&t=1JAM68F-cp6t6_B1oBBuRA

28 pure EVs have now completed the Around Australia journey, 8 model S, 8 model 3, 5 model Y, 2 model X, plus 1 each of MG, Nissan, VW, Hyundai and Mercedes https://www.tocwa.org.au/2021/07/07/around-australia-trips-in-a-pure-ev/

That’s been in place at Balladonia for nearly two years and has proven to be reliable despite the occasional time charging needs to be restarted There is a lower cost and less bulky brand with the same output that a few drivers have been using as portable units that also appears to have so far...

Nanutarra, Minilya, Overlander and Billabong are all off-grid sites all within a 560km drive with the town of Carnarvon in between, Overlander had most of the panels in place 2 weeks ago but I’m guessing Nanutarra may get priority. It’s critical these off-grid sites are 100% reliable from day...

And Norseman, and Ceduna, and Wudinna…Am I asking for too much to happen in 6 weeks?

Jurien Bay is operational. Karratha and Carnarvon have been operational for over a week. Good progress with Denham, Exmouth, Fitzroy Crossing, Warnum and Kununurra to the north and Southern Cross to the East.

9 years after this comment, we’ll over 100 EVs have crossed so far, maybe a dozen model S, still no Superchargers or fast DC between Whyalla and Perth, just crowd funded bits and pieces.

https://thedriven.io/2023/09/15/unfit-for-purpose-broken-ev-chargers-on-the-electric-super-highway/

Kings Park close to the Perth CBD is live, and better still Carnarvon and Karratha DC are live on the Chargefox app.

WA is showing RWD new inventory available, check with sales, you could get a car in 2 weeks rather than November.

Definitely the Chargefox RFID card for Ravensthorpe and Lake Grace. That’s a good travelling plan, if any of these following sites have the planned DC switched on by the time you go through-Port Augusta, Ceduna, Norseman and Southern across, it’ll make your journey easier.

The Australian Electric Vehicle Association are holding the 2023 Conference in Perth from November 3rd to 5th, entry to see vehicle and technology displays is free- https://www.theevexpo.com/ If you have the time and adventurous spirit to drive your EV across from the East Coast please take the...

You could easily cancel the order, purchase an August built ICE vehicle straight off the showroom and drive around in decades old technology.

Charge you NCM pack LR or Performance to what you need, if your panning to drive 300kms before the next charge session charge to 80%, if you plan to drive 340kms charge to 90%, if you plan to drive across the Barkly Highway and don’t have time to stop at the roadhouse charge to 100%. Enjoy the car.

As others have pointed out the pads themselves could last well past the life of a complete ICE vehicle, that’s not to say you won’t have issues with the park brake callipers or the disc rotors.

Yes, I did this back in 2016. Keep in mind that if you use it often on road trips so are packing and unpacking it constantly it will eventually fail.

5-10 years payback? Solar installations in the USA must still be expensive. Try 2-4 years in Australia.

If this is the site in Mandurah (technically Barragup which is on the road to Pinjarra) there’s no progress. To be honest I can’t see the point as there’s many more important locations in WA that need a Supercharger.

A similar issue is mentioned at the 1 minute 30 mark of this AUA episode-

The only accurate test is between 2 model 3s with the different wheel/tyre combos fitted, in saying that I think 9 to 12% is possible- https://www.tocwa.org.au/2023/04/23/how-much-do-19-inch-gemini-wheels-improve-the-energy-efficiency-of-the-model-y-performance/

It’s best to get at least 1000kms of use into the tyres before measuring efficiency, even then the only accurate assessment is two similar cars on the same roads at the same time, a Different set of tyres on each.

I left mine behind at the Balladonia Roadhouse….on the Nullarbor. Fortunately @Murbs was passing through about a week later and collected it. Managed to get all the way to Brisbane using V2 Superchargers and NRMA Chademo, old tech to the rescue.

Pictured is a CCS2 adaptor that is only useful for a pre 2020 model X or S vehicles in Australia. For reasons unknown some of these adaptors are being added to model Y and 3 vehicles that are shipped to Australia. It appears to be a low percentage of cars getting them but then of course some new...

W Which brand of EV charger and what charge limit do you have it set at?

If you have the time and transport available to pick up in Sydney it would be worth it for the reasons you mention. On top of that you’ll be able to stretch the cars legs back to Port M with one short stop on the Supercharger network.

Performance Petrol car owners could only dream of shaving half a second of their 0-60mph time for $3000. They also fantasise about getting that performance boost without reducing the engines efficiency, reliability and tractability.

Great to see, this will boost the confidence of a lot of fence sitters holding off on a Tesla purchase.

YES. You have a $60,000+ vehicle.

I’m not sure how much efficiency will improve dropping from 19 down to 18 but dropping from 21 to 19 improves efficiency by approximately 11% on a Performance model Y.

7kw to 11kw Workplace chargers, tens of thousands of them across each capital city set to around 20-25 cents per unit and only switching on during daytime solar excess.

As per the link on the Tweet more details about idle fees will be discussed plus other on TOCWA AUS from 7.30pm WA time, 9.30pm East, 9.00pm Central. Ask Us Anything

Are there any signs of progress on Superchargers in Childers, Rockhampton, Mackay or anywhere in between? As much as I’d like to see Tesla catch up with Superchargers installs across the whole of Australia including my home state of WA I doubt there’s any long section of highway more behind...

A standard 2.4m parking space rarely has a square kerb on one side and a very expensive Supercharger stall on the front of the other side.

I got out the tape measure today, at Lancelin Superchargers it’s 2.5metres between the white lines on the middle bay. On the end bay it’s 2.4m between the kerb and the SC stall. By comparison at the Karrinyup SC it’s 2.7m line to line.

By all reports anyone approaching the forward parking spot from the left of photo will have to manoeuvre very cautiously or they’ll hit the Supercharger stall or kerb

The application for Kimba was submitted on June 22nd, thank goodness Milton tyres in Kimba are so EV friendly. Anyhow the Shell is a handy location, plenty of parking areas away from the fuel bowsers, a fairly good dining area that looks out over the carpark and a Reasonable choice of food.

Pimba and Coober Peda get rapid DC chargers but Glendambo gets an AC 7kw charge point. The RAA need to look at every way to get a 50kw DC charger in at Glendambo or drivers will be hypermiling, that’s not a safe driving method on a major transport route.

The Gemini wheels are an upgrade that actually reduces the overall price.

There’s a model S in NSW with 2015 technology batteries that’s well past 600,000kms, a modern model Y battery pack with moderate care should equal that without too much drama.

There is, they continually whinge how the Merc efficiency is crap, the charging speeds are crap, and the Merc charging infrastructure is crap. The also own a spare ICE Merc so they can drive between Melbourne and Sydney.

Seriousl? The next thing you going to highlight is the website says 455kms range but when your cars fully charged it only shows 435kms. Did you do ANY research while waiting for the car?