New Zealand Road Trips

[Aaron Hawes]

We took a trip last January from Christchurch to Auckland and back, got across the Cook Straight just before the Ferries broke down. Traveled up through Whanganui and Taumarunui to Hamilton and came back through Taupo.
Ended up at just over 2500kms and used 155wh/km. I have a model 3 performance which went brilliantly, only needed one reset on the steering wheel buttons due to the screen locking up.
There was a que at the Taupo supercharger but no problems charging apart from that, free charging at our hotel in Wellington and Auckland made things easier.
I still have some credit on an open loop app that I needed to get for a top up in Otorohanga which I dont think I will ever use.

 

[Charl]

Took the Model 3P to Raglan from Auckland.
I put it in Chill Mode (I never do this hence lifetime consumption of 180 Wh/km) and was rewarded with 155!
Put it back in Performance Mode on the way back: 172 Wh/km so shows it really is quite different never mind that you think you are driving the same.
The Nav thought we should stretch to Silvia Park going North on the Sunday, rather than Hamilton.
But that would've taken SOC to under 20% which I don't do.
Should have listened: first experience of stacking up at a charger, 4 stalls occupied, and 3 Teslas waiting!
So the honeymoon is over, I guess the next blow will be RUC.
Ah well it was a great 3 years.

 

[Audietron]

Took the Model 3P to Raglan from Auckland.
I put it in Chill Mode (I never do this hence lifetime consumption of 180 Wh/km) and was rewarded with 155!
Put it back in Performance Mode on the way back: 172 Wh/km so shows it really is quite different never mind that you think you are driving the same.
The Nav thought we should stretch to Silvia Park going North on the Sunday, rather than Hamilton.
But that would've taken SOC to under 20% which I don't do.
Should have listened: first experience of stacking up at a charger, 4 stalls occupied, and 3 Teslas waiting!
So the honeymoon is over, I guess the next blow will be RUC.
Ah well it was a great 3 years.

Cambridge BP have fast charger... you will rarely find many there... 2 spots. I use that instead of Hamilton if need top-up in-between not on any common lists - sadly.

 

[Charl]

Good to know, thanks.
Come to think of it, there's a fast charger in Raglan itself!
It wanted me to download an app, I'm too lazy to learn everybody's particular brand of charger - it's why I have a Tesla!

 

[Audietron]

Good to know, thanks.
Come to think of it, there's a fast charger in Raglan itself!
It wanted me to download an app, I'm too lazy to learn everybody's particular brand of charger - it's why I have a Tesla!

I know... but chargenet is kind of part and parcel with EV, even when have Tesla.
for some reason BP still thinks like BP.... Z is better than that, as they simply have Chargenet chargers.

 

[FlyingKiwi]

I know... but chargenet is kind of part and parcel with EV, even when have Tesla.
for some reason BP still thinks like BP.... Z is better than that, as they simply have Chargenet chargers.

Z has there own chargers and there own app. They are no longer associated with chargeNet.

 

[Audietron]

Z has there own chargers and there own app. They are no longer associated with chargeNet.

thanks.... been while been to Z so thanks for correcting.

 

[FlyingKiwi]

And Z certainly seem to be trotting out chargers at a good pace, and not just the 75kWs, quite a few 150kW+ stations. Noticed today one of my local(ish) stations is getting a 75kW charger installed which fills in a hole where there aren't any decent chargers nearby.

 

[Charl]

So do Teslas need any form of adapter at these chargers?
Which to use, CHAdeMO or CCS2? Or is it obvious?

 

[FlyingKiwi]

No adapter for current Tesla cars, they use CCS2 natively. The pain in the ass is having to download and install the app for every different charge network, and register and setup card payments.

 

[Audietron]

No adapter for current Tesla cars, they use CCS2 natively. The pain in the ass is having to download and install the app for every different charge network, and register and setup card payments.

That's the issue with old adopting new... gas companies now want to become charging company and use same monopoly they had before... impossible, but no one can stop them trying - as they have money, real-estate, facilities, and chargers...

 

[OldPro]

Took the Model 3P to Raglan from Auckland.
I put it in Chill Mode (I never do this hence lifetime consumption of 180 Wh/km) and was rewarded with 155!
Put it back in Performance Mode on the way back: 172 Wh/km so shows it really is quite different never mind that you think you are driving the same.
The Nav thought we should stretch to Silvia Park going North on the Sunday, rather than Hamilton.
But that would've taken SOC to under 20% which I don't do.
Should have listened: first experience of stacking up at a charger, 4 stalls occupied, and 3 Teslas waiting!
So the honeymoon is over, I guess the next blow will be RUC.
Ah well it was a great 3 years.

We have consistently had my wife's 2018 set a chill mode and have been happy with the results

 

[Charl]

I'm not sure about this, but I suspect that Model 3P Chill Mode must equate to SR performance levels?
Which begs the question: why did you spend the extra?

 

[Aaron Hawes]

Had a quick trip over the weekend from CH CH down to Invercargill then back through Queenstown, Cromwell and home. 3 days 1398kms @185Wh/km in a M3P, as soon as you get away from the superchargers it becomes a real pain. The Chargenet charger in Invercargill was only giving 24kW so had to move to Winton just to get 50kW. Superchargers in Queenstown and Omarama worked perfectly.

 

[Audietron]

I'm not sure about this, but I suspect that Model 3P Chill Mode must equate to SR performance levels?
Which begs the question: why did you spend the extra?

Feel good and have that extra if and when needed.... all about having options handy I guess.

 

[Miggy]

Took our M3 down to New Plymouth late Oct, left with 100% charge and arrived with about 20% did some running around NP and then charged at the Tesla Charger with 8% and got 170 charge rate. Next day went down to Hawera and wanted to try out the Z Stratford charger but run out of time as we needed to be back in NP for a function. Topped up at Tesla again and headed home on Sunday, did a quick top up at Z Te Kuiti $15.50 with a 103 charge rate.
Total charge cost: $84.38 (No accommodation with chargers available)
Traveled 882km 143Wh/km (higher than the cars lifetime average of 130Wh/km with 62,000km)

 

[m3lol]

Not a road trip - but a whole bunch!

Ticked over 100,000kms in just over 3 years - ours is a Sept 2020 delivery.

149 wh/km lifetime
On the 3rd set of tyres now

Wipers and air filter have been the only maintenance besides the well known warranty fixes.

Efficiency seems to have been worse since we swapped to Conti MaxContact 6 as you can see in the latest trip meter, before that was 141 wh/km.

Would buy again.

 

[Charl]

Pretty good consumption... what model?
And, what did each of the first two tyre sets give?

 

[m3lol]

Model 3 SR+ config. Based in Wellington with all the hills that really challenge overall efficiency.

Original set lasted 37k, about 137 wh/km
2nd set was Michelin Premacy PS approx 38k and that increased overall to 141 wh/km

I guess the Contis are more grippy = less efficient so far.