Road Trip Take 3 - yaaaaaaah - Melbourne to Darwin

[meloccom]

I think it's $3400 ~ $3600 range now. After delivery. I've seen 110 km/hr with dual chargers and before that 52 ~ 55 km/hr with 32A / 3ph using the UMC with a 32A tail. The higher rate of charge was with a good, stiff supply voltage of 245V.

The Tesla UMC only supports up to 16A 3 Phase. You will need a 3phase HPWC or a third party charger like the JuiceBox to get any faster than 55Kmr recharge rate.

 

[garyjac]

Sorry, yes, quite right, I was not clear in that post. To achieve 110 km/hr I used a Maxicharger on 32A 3-phase which is what I (unclearly) referred to with the 110 km/hr bit. The dual chargers are need to achieve 110km/hr in that case though or you still get 55km/hr or so. The lower rate was with the UMC on a 245V supply.

 

[Novatec]

what is the damage to add dual chargers?
Did you do it before or after delivery?

We paid about $2,500 for the 11 to 16.5Kw upgrade after June delivery, so didn't have the option for 22Kw dual chargers. I see you joined in July, so may be in the same boat?

 

[Chuq]

Great article about outback Tesla driving: Tesla "glamping" in the Australian outback - One Step Off The Grid

I posted a link to this article on reddit, and got a reply: "drive from Darwin to Nhulunbuy in an electric vehicle and then I'll start to see them as viable." God damn, some people.

 

[Blue heaven]

Great article about outback Tesla driving: Tesla "glamping" in the Australian outback - One Step Off The Grid

I posted a link to this article on reddit, and got a reply: "drive from Darwin to Nhulunbuy in an electric vehicle and then I'll start to see them as viable." God damn, some people.

You linked it to Reddit??? To quote Austin Powers...."I too like to live dangerously"

 

[brewster]

Great article about outback Tesla driving: Tesla "glamping" in the Australian outback - One Step Off The Grid

I posted a link to this article on reddit, and got a reply: "drive from Darwin to Nhulunbuy in an electric vehicle and then I'll start to see them as viable." God damn, some people.

I wonder how many Toyota Corollas do that trip to enable them to be 'viable'?

 

[Chuq]

I posted a link to this article on reddit, and got a reply: "drive from Darwin to Nhulunbuy in an electric vehicle and then I'll start to see them as viable."

Follow up on this. Someone else replied with the fact (unknown to me) that the road to Nhulunbuy is not general access and you actually need a permit (and probably a 4WD) before using it!

So there you go. Non-4WD vehicles can not travel this route and therefore are "not viable"

 

[RichardMcN]

Someone from the Forum was suggesting a TESLA conference in Alice Springs next year.

Was that you @PJF000 ?

 

[PJF000]

Was that you @PJF000 ?

Yes, but didn't get much interest at the time.

 

[Attica04]

Hang on did I miss something did Alpal actually do the trip? Just noticed the dates for this thread were in 2016.

 

[RichardMcN]

Hang on did I miss something did Alpal actually do the trip? Just noticed the dates for this thread were in 2016.

No he had some issue that prevented him unfortunately.

 

[Attica04]

Thanks Richard that was a pity.

 

[RichardMcN]

Thanks Richard that was a pity.

Yes @alpal has pretty well totally dropped off the TMC radar in the last 6 months. Hope all is OK with him.