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    Australian Model Y Waiting Room

    I ordered a MYP on opening day. Today I received an email to open the trade in estimate window. I clicked yes, then 2 hours later I received a SMS to say a Model Y had been assigned to my order. No VIN is being shown yet and the EDD has vanished from the app. Fingers crossed…. Did this happen to...
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    Australian Model Y Waiting Room

    Same here. MYP ordered on launch day before midday. Received the SMS today stating a Jan-Mar EDD
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    Australian Model Y Waiting Room

    Does anyone know if the MYP has been delivered in the UK yet. There don’t seem to be any videos on YouTube. There are some videos of the RHD MYP if you search for MYP Hong Kong reviews, so it looks like some MYPs have been produced out of Shanghai.
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    Haha. When hotels are competing on EV charging! Won’t that be the day… :)
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    Thanks for the feedback guys. I’m contemplating whether I should email the owners and nicely discuss that their price might be a bit high. When I requested my refund I did tell them the total power usage just to give them an idea of how much energy EVs actually use. On the other hand, maybe I...
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    M3 LR stats are impressive. As you say, the S is a big car. We’ve actually ordered an MYP, so we are looking forward to the extra range.
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    The other hotels I stayed at were free for guests and $20 or $25 if not a guest. So that’s why $35 seems a bit steep to me. They are not running off a diesel generator out there. Also, there “charger” was just a 3 phase outlet where as the other hotels were Tesla destination chargers, so very...
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    The Stats 3270km, 629kWh of charging and average efficiency of 192Wh/km. Total charging cost: $150 (including the Winton rip-off hotel of $70). Predicted petrol cost: $525 (assumed 8L/100km, $2/L) So what did we learn from this? Always ring ahead. It's a good idea to check with hotel staff...
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    Day 10: Biloela - Brisbane (603km / 8 hours) The trip home was a dream. We headed from Biloela to the QESH fast charger at Miriam Vale. I had intended to charge for 25mins, but the kids had such a good time at the park close to the charger that we charged for 40 mins. We saw two other Teslas at...
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    Yeah I agree, this is a long stretch, even for a 75kWh Model S. A charger at Alpha would be perfect. Still, it's so good to see these chargers going in. It would have made my trip a 1000 times easier.
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    Day 9: Emerald - Biloela (313km). We knew this would be a big stretch as it's the biggest leg we've done. Depending on how I configured ABRP, it was telling me I'd make it with 5% or I had to go to Rockhampton to charge on the QESH DC fast charger. This is pretty much driving past the Biloela...
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    Day 8: Longreach - Emerald (416km) Another big stretch. My original plan was to do Longreach to the small town of Alpha, charge for an hour and then head onto Emerald. However, given the car was using more power than I budgeted, I decided to charge in Barcaldine again, spend some time...
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    Day 7: Winton - Longreach (179km) Another easy run. Unfortunately there are no hotels in Longreach that provide a charger. I contacted the council prior to the trip and they told me I could charge at the showgrounds. I contacted them a few days before arriving and they told me the showgrounds...
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    Day 4-6: Barcaldine - Winton (286km) We made it to Winton! At 281km, the stretch from Barcaldine to Winton should have been fairly easy, but for some reason the car was telling me to reduce speed to get there. I dropped speed to 105km/h and a convey of cars caught up, so I let them pass and...
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    Day 3: Carnavon Gorge - Barcaldine (550km / 12.5 hours). Our biggest day! By this stage, I had realised that our phones don't work out bush. We are with Belong, which despite being Telstra does not work in the small towns. The Tesla had 3G, but our phones did not. Before leaving Carnarvon Gorge...
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    Day 2-3: Roma - Carnarvon Gorge (243km). This was an easy stretch. I had pre-arranged with the staff at the Breeze caravan park to charge on a GPO and they opened a switchboard for me. I used the TOCA loan EVSE at first (set to 13A), but found after a few hours it had stopped, but no breakers...
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    This is a 3200km round trip. So here goes... Day 1: Brisbane - Roma (492km). We knew this would be a big day and started with the battery charged to 100%. We first headed to the Toowoomba supercharger and topped up while we had a coffee. To say it was fresh was an understatement... The next...
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    The map below shows the planned trip. With overnight stops in the place shown in red. We headed out to Roma and Carnarvon Gorge first, before making our way back via Biloela (my wife's Uncle lives there) and the M1.
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    Brisbane - Winton Road Trip

    Hi All, long-time lurker, first time poster. We've had a 2016 Model S 75D for nearly 2 years now and decided to do a road trip to Winton from Brisbane via Carnarvon Gorge. I thought I'd post a thread about the charging experience for future use. A bit about us, we are 2 parents and 2 kids (7...