ChargeNet are a bit steep cost wise due to the 25c per minute time based fee. That will kill you with a large battery.Not sure this is the right forum as posts seem old. Please let me know if a better place. First time posting.
Picked up an X75D from Auckland last week and drove it to Wellington. Stopped in Hamilton first, then easy run to Taupo and a dinner at the Chinese restaurant - We were the only two people there at 8pm on a Tuesday.
It was a long haul to Palmerston North from there. After about 45 minutes it was clear that it was going to be marginal and ended up having to turn of Climate and stay below 90ks to make Palmerston North with 8%. Called Steve and Dee from the Desert Road to see if we could sign up for ChargeNet but of course we didn't have an adapter so that would have been no good. (Adapter is $450from Tesla I just discovered).
A Supercharger in Taihape or Bulls would be ideal.
Arrived in Palmy around 10:30pm and found Kmart stays open until midnight so at least had something to do for 50 minutes.
Noted again the car only charged to 90% and worked out the next day I should have set Taupo stop to charge to 100% as we'd be driving immediately. No one told me that.
So far I've worked out you save no money on gas in a road trip and at each stop you end up spending $50
Still no Superchargers in Wellington at all, but sound like coming this year. Any idea where?
Cheers
Rod
That said, they stuck their neck out and built most of the DCFC network in NZ so I try not to begrudge them.
