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Driving round Australia on Route 1
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Why are your “finish range” values negative?
It would be interesting to divide actual distance travelled by reduction in reported range to see how often you were under par and over par. Above 1 - travelled further than the estimated reduction in range. Below 1 - travelled less.
Yes, confusing entering finish range as negative, but they are the kms unused at the end of the day, so Tank kms used = Start Range + Day charge + Finish range.
We were not rushing (enjoying the scenery, and generally had to spend at least 4 hours driving from check out time to check in time), so probably achieved an average close to Tank range overall.
We finally managed to complete Round OZ just now , 3 years after our first attempt was stopped by Covid at Kununurra.
A Summary of our Trip round Australia just completed.
We drove 17,050 kms in 54 days, doing the West coast and the Nullarbor quickly since we had done these several times before.
We stayed two nights in only 3 places (Eco Beach Resort Broome, Ashs Holiday Kurumba, Sanctuary Cove Hervey Bay for the Fraser Island trip).
But if possible it would be better to allow at least 100 days to enjoy all the destinations more.
The total energy used was 3,055 kWh at an average efficiency of 179 Wh/km.
The highest mileage in a day was 865kms, and we only arrived after dark on two days (824 kms to Esperance because of reconnecting the DC chargers that day and 370kms to Robe because of two many walks during the day).
Our lowest tank SOC on arrival was 10kms (to Esperance when we were balancing range and time and kangaroos at dusk), but when there was no time pressure we arrived with over 24 kms each day.
There was only rain in Atherton, Port Douglas, Robe, and the last day into Perth, but we had strong winds in South Australia and a severe wind on the Nullarbor, which caused an extra 3 hours driving and charging.
Out of all the cables in our froot, only the AEVA Kohns 32amp, our UMC with 10amp pigtail, our T2 to T2 cable, and our CCS2 adaptor for DC charging, were used.
We didn’t meet any other EVs at 3p sockets, so we didn’t have to use our 22kW splitter to each phase to charge three EVs at 7kW simultaneously.
The only safety gear used was the glass glue for two windscreen chips.
Charging after Clare Valley to Williams cost nearly as much as all of the rest of the charging put together (our car does have free supercharging for life).
All 24 Tesla superchargers worked perfectly and only one was full but only for 5 minutes. Most were totally unoccupied apart from a few other EVs trying to get their Tesla apps working.
8 out of 9 QESH DC charger in QLD worked, one was occupied and at another the other driver said he was full enough when we arrived.
All 21 3p or 10 amp sockets worked perfectly and were unoccupied.
All 18 Tesla Wall connectors worked perfectly and only one was briefly occupied.
All 3 T2 stations worked perfectly and were unoccupied
All 5 of the DC chargers from Whyalla to Lake Grace worked, but some required restarting a few times, and all were unoccupied.
We logged into Plugshare every time, and Plugshare did warn us that one site was full, and of course the car warned of the one Supercharger which was full.
Accommodation cost just over $10,000, but breakfasts were in our rooms or at the first charging point (if day charging), and grazing lunches of nuts and fruit in the car (since we were generally driving then).
We made up for this with some great dinners and managed some sightseeing early morning at sunrise, at driver swaps on the way, or late afternoon after check-in, averaging 10,000 steps per day.
The Five ABCs will become less important, since the WA EV DC network is being installed rapidly.
There are six new DC chargers on route 1 since our trip, and all of Eucla to Kununurra will be completed soon – the world’s longest network. Also RAA will cover the Eyre peninsula.
But the Northern Territory and Central Australia will still need the ABCs until the Federal network is installed, so here they are again.
1. Always Bring Cables (Especially for 3p sockets).
2. Always Be Charging (Only plan to stop at charging points, and plug in the car first).
3. Adjust Battery Consumption (It is always quicker overall to drive slower if only AC charging is available en route).
4. Always Browse Comments (Don’t rely on stations without checking previous user comments on Plugshare)
5. Always Be Cautious (Have alternative plans in case charging points are occupied or not working).
Teslas are brilliant long distance cars, so let them loose in this wonderful big multi-coloured land.
The gaps in Teslascope are where the car looses mobile connection .
Daily reports in Facebook TeslaWA
A Summary of our Trip round Australia just completed.
We drove 17,050 kms in 54 days, doing the West coast and the Nullarbor quickly since we had done these several times before.
We stayed two nights in only 3 places (Eco Beach Resort Broome, Ashs Holiday Kurumba, Sanctuary Cove Hervey Bay for the Fraser Island trip).
But if possible it would be better to allow at least 100 days to enjoy all the destinations more.
The total energy used was 3,055 kWh at an average efficiency of 179 Wh/km.
The highest mileage in a day was 865kms, and we only arrived after dark on two days (824 kms to Esperance because of reconnecting the DC chargers that day and 370kms to Robe because of two many walks during the day).
Our lowest tank SOC on arrival was 10kms (to Esperance when we were balancing range and time and kangaroos at dusk), but when there was no time pressure we arrived with over 24 kms each day.
There was only rain in Atherton, Port Douglas, Robe, and the last day into Perth, but we had strong winds in South Australia and a severe wind on the Nullarbor, which caused an extra 3 hours driving and charging.
Out of all the cables in our froot, only the AEVA Kohns 32amp, our UMC with 10amp pigtail, our T2 to T2 cable, and our CCS2 adaptor for DC charging, were used.
We didn’t meet any other EVs at 3p sockets, so we didn’t have to use our 22kW splitter to each phase to charge three EVs at 7kW simultaneously.
The only safety gear used was the glass glue for two windscreen chips.
Charging after Clare Valley to Williams cost nearly as much as all of the rest of the charging put together (our car does have free supercharging for life).
All 24 Tesla superchargers worked perfectly and only one was full but only for 5 minutes. Most were totally unoccupied apart from a few other EVs trying to get their Tesla apps working.
8 out of 9 QESH DC charger in QLD worked, one was occupied and at another the other driver said he was full enough when we arrived.
All 21 3p or 10 amp sockets worked perfectly and were unoccupied.
All 18 Tesla Wall connectors worked perfectly and only one was briefly occupied.
All 3 T2 stations worked perfectly and were unoccupied
All 5 of the DC chargers from Whyalla to Lake Grace worked, but some required restarting a few times, and all were unoccupied.
We logged into Plugshare every time, and Plugshare did warn us that one site was full, and of course the car warned of the one Supercharger which was full.
Accommodation cost just over $10,000, but breakfasts were in our rooms or at the first charging point (if day charging), and grazing lunches of nuts and fruit in the car (since we were generally driving then).
We made up for this with some great dinners and managed some sightseeing early morning at sunrise, at driver swaps on the way, or late afternoon after check-in, averaging 10,000 steps per day.
The Five ABCs will become less important, since the WA EV DC network is being installed rapidly.
There are six new DC chargers on route 1 since our trip, and all of Eucla to Kununurra will be completed soon – the world’s longest network. Also RAA will cover the Eyre peninsula.
But the Northern Territory and Central Australia will still need the ABCs until the Federal network is installed, so here they are again.
1. Always Bring Cables (Especially for 3p sockets).
2. Always Be Charging (Only plan to stop at charging points, and plug in the car first).
3. Adjust Battery Consumption (It is always quicker overall to drive slower if only AC charging is available en route).
4. Always Browse Comments (Don’t rely on stations without checking previous user comments on Plugshare)
5. Always Be Cautious (Have alternative plans in case charging points are occupied or not working).
Teslas are brilliant long distance cars, so let them loose in this wonderful big multi-coloured land.
The gaps in Teslascope are where the car looses mobile connection .
Daily reports in Facebook TeslaWA
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We finally managed to complete Round OZ just now , 3 years after our first attempt was stopped by Covid at Kununurra.
A Summary of our Trip round Australia just completed.
We drove 17,050 kms in 54 days, doing the West coast and the Nullarbor quickly since we had done these several times before.
We stayed two nights in only 3 places (Eco Beach Resort Broome, Ashs Holiday Kurumba, Sanctuary Cove Hervey Bay for the Fraser Island trip).
But if possible it would be better to allow at least 100 days to enjoy all the destinations more.
The total energy used was 3,055 kWh at an average efficiency of 179 Wh/km.
The highest mileage in a day was 865kms, and we only arrived after dark on two days (824 kms to Esperance because of reconnecting the DC chargers that day and 370kms to Robe because of two many walks during the day).
Our lowest tank SOC on arrival was 10kms (to Esperance when we were balancing range and time and kangaroos at dusk), but when there was no time pressure we arrived with over 24 kms each day.
There was only rain in Atherton, Port Douglas, Robe, and the last day into Perth, but we had strong winds in South Australia and a severe wind on the Nullarbor, which caused an extra 3 hours driving and charging.
Out of all the cables in our froot, only the AEVA Kohns 32amp, our UMC with 10amp pigtail, our T2 to T2 cable, and our CCS2 adaptor for DC charging, were used.
We didn’t meet any other EVs at 3p sockets, so we didn’t have to use our 22kW splitter to each phase to charge three EVs at 7kW simultaneously.
The only safety gear used was the glass glue for two windscreen chips.
Charging after Clare Valley to Williams cost nearly as much as all of the rest of the charging put together (our car does have free supercharging for life).
All 24 Tesla superchargers worked perfectly and only one was full but only for 5 minutes. Most were totally unoccupied apart from a few other EVs trying to get their Tesla apps working.
8 out of 9 QESH DC charger in QLD worked, one was occupied and at another the other driver said he was full enough when we arrived.
All 21 3p or 10 amp sockets worked perfectly and were unoccupied.
All 18 Tesla Wall connectors worked perfectly and only one was briefly occupied.
All 3 T2 stations worked perfectly and were unoccupied
All 5 of the DC chargers from Whyalla to Lake Grace worked, but some required restarting a few times, and all were unoccupied.
We logged into Plugshare every time, and Plugshare did warn us that one site was full, and of course the car warned of the one Supercharger which was full.
Accommodation cost just over $10,000, but breakfasts were in our rooms or at the first charging point (if day charging), and grazing lunches of nuts and fruit in the car (since we were generally driving then).
We made up for this with some great dinners and managed some sightseeing early morning at sunrise, at driver swaps on the way, or late afternoon after check-in, averaging 10,000 steps per day.
The Five ABCs will become less important, since the WA EV DC network is being installed rapidly.
There are six new DC chargers on route 1 since our trip, and all of Eucla to Kununurra will be completed soon – the world’s longest network. Also RAA will cover the Eyre peninsula.
But the Northern Territory and Central Australia will still need the ABCs until the Federal network is installed, so here they are again.
1. Always Bring Cables (Especially for 3p sockets).
2. Always Be Charging (Only plan to stop at charging points, and plug in the car first).
3. Adjust Battery Consumption (It is always quicker overall to drive slower if only AC charging is available en route).
4. Always Browse Comments (Don’t rely on stations without checking previous user comments on Plugshare)
5. Always Be Cautious (Have alternative plans in case charging points are occupied or not working).
Teslas are brilliant long distance cars, so let them loose in this wonderful big multi-coloured land.
The gaps in Teslascope are where the car looses mobile connection .
Daily reports in Facebook TeslaWA
A Summary of our Trip round Australia just completed.
We drove 17,050 kms in 54 days, doing the West coast and the Nullarbor quickly since we had done these several times before.
We stayed two nights in only 3 places (Eco Beach Resort Broome, Ashs Holiday Kurumba, Sanctuary Cove Hervey Bay for the Fraser Island trip).
But if possible it would be better to allow at least 100 days to enjoy all the destinations more.
The total energy used was 3,055 kWh at an average efficiency of 179 Wh/km.
The highest mileage in a day was 865kms, and we only arrived after dark on two days (824 kms to Esperance because of reconnecting the DC chargers that day and 370kms to Robe because of two many walks during the day).
Our lowest tank SOC on arrival was 10kms (to Esperance when we were balancing range and time and kangaroos at dusk), but when there was no time pressure we arrived with over 24 kms each day.
There was only rain in Atherton, Port Douglas, Robe, and the last day into Perth, but we had strong winds in South Australia and a severe wind on the Nullarbor, which caused an extra 3 hours driving and charging.
Out of all the cables in our froot, only the AEVA Kohns 32amp, our UMC with 10amp pigtail, our T2 to T2 cable, and our CCS2 adaptor for DC charging, were used.
We didn’t meet any other EVs at 3p sockets, so we didn’t have to use our 22kW splitter to each phase to charge three EVs at 7kW simultaneously.
The only safety gear used was the glass glue for two windscreen chips.
Charging after Clare Valley to Williams cost nearly as much as all of the rest of the charging put together (our car does have free supercharging for life).
All 24 Tesla superchargers worked perfectly and only one was full but only for 5 minutes. Most were totally unoccupied apart from a few other EVs trying to get their Tesla apps working.
8 out of 9 QESH DC charger in QLD worked, one was occupied and at another the other driver said he was full enough when we arrived.
All 21 3p or 10 amp sockets worked perfectly and were unoccupied.
All 18 Tesla Wall connectors worked perfectly and only one was briefly occupied.
All 3 T2 stations worked perfectly and were unoccupied
All 5 of the DC chargers from Whyalla to Lake Grace worked, but some required restarting a few times, and all were unoccupied.
We logged into Plugshare every time, and Plugshare did warn us that one site was full, and of course the car warned of the one Supercharger which was full.
Accommodation cost just over $10,000, but breakfasts were in our rooms or at the first charging point (if day charging), and grazing lunches of nuts and fruit in the car (since we were generally driving then).
We made up for this with some great dinners and managed some sightseeing early morning at sunrise, at driver swaps on the way, or late afternoon after check-in, averaging 10,000 steps per day.
The Five ABCs will become less important, since the WA EV DC network is being installed rapidly.
There are six new DC chargers on route 1 since our trip, and all of Eucla to Kununurra will be completed soon – the world’s longest network. Also RAA will cover the Eyre peninsula.
But the Northern Territory and Central Australia will still need the ABCs until the Federal network is installed, so here they are again.
1. Always Bring Cables (Especially for 3p sockets).
2. Always Be Charging (Only plan to stop at charging points, and plug in the car first).
3. Adjust Battery Consumption (It is always quicker overall to drive slower if only AC charging is available en route).
4. Always Browse Comments (Don’t rely on stations without checking previous user comments on Plugshare)
5. Always Be Cautious (Have alternative plans in case charging points are occupied or not working).
Teslas are brilliant long distance cars, so let them loose in this wonderful big multi-coloured land.
The gaps in Teslascope are where the car looses mobile connection .
Daily reports in Facebook TeslaWA
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