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Teslas in Canberra
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TesAus
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Beritknight and billm,
Congratulations on your orders and in making your first posts!
Maybe we will bump in to each other at the Goulburn supercharger on the way up or down one day!
If you check out the thread "List of confirmed Australian orders" there are a number of forum members listing ACT as their state.
You can also post the details of your car spec to that thread and Timpoo can add to the spreadsheet when he has a chance (hope I am not sobbing you in here Timpoo)
The spreadsheet is, I suspect, getting a little out of date and also obviously only includes members of this forum who have posted their details, but it gives you an idea of the locations and types of spec that people have ordered.
Congratulations on your orders and in making your first posts!
Maybe we will bump in to each other at the Goulburn supercharger on the way up or down one day!
If you check out the thread "List of confirmed Australian orders" there are a number of forum members listing ACT as their state.
You can also post the details of your car spec to that thread and Timpoo can add to the spreadsheet when he has a chance (hope I am not sobbing you in here Timpoo)
The spreadsheet is, I suspect, getting a little out of date and also obviously only includes members of this forum who have posted their details, but it gives you an idea of the locations and types of spec that people have ordered.
Dborn
Confirmed
Did a weekend trip to Canberra and lake Eucumbine trout farm. Used the Goulburn supercharger, and ate at the soldiers club. A really nice venue, by the way. It is likely to benefit most from travelers. You can also keep an eye on your car from there. Charged to 100% at the Realm and then set out for lake Eucumbine. A hill climb for virtually the entire 150 km. The last 12 km on reasonably good dirt. ( sorry, Devvie). Good sport-free fishing and allowed two per rod from the sure thing pond. They prepare the fish and provide chips and salad and one can then BBQ on site. With a nice Riesling, heaven. Fish that fresh is wonderful.
On the return, the nav did its thing. Told me I would be minus 4% at the end, and caused a bit of a panic. All I had was the UMC and I had arranged to get some electrons at the Cooma visitor center. Difficult, you have to drive into the adjacent park to get near to the exterior power points. Anyway, I then realized that the nav was routing me to Goulburn superchargers!!?? To go back to Canberra? Once I closed the charging advice, all settled down and I got back to the hotel with 18%. I did charge for an hour in Cooma. So, likely would have been 16%.
Devvie is now covered in dust which has penetrated everywhere, so Monday is going to be fun with a major wash scheduled.
The nav really needs serious work!! Especially the range assurance aspect.
On the return, the nav did its thing. Told me I would be minus 4% at the end, and caused a bit of a panic. All I had was the UMC and I had arranged to get some electrons at the Cooma visitor center. Difficult, you have to drive into the adjacent park to get near to the exterior power points. Anyway, I then realized that the nav was routing me to Goulburn superchargers!!?? To go back to Canberra? Once I closed the charging advice, all settled down and I got back to the hotel with 18%. I did charge for an hour in Cooma. So, likely would have been 16%.
Devvie is now covered in dust which has penetrated everywhere, so Monday is going to be fun with a major wash scheduled.
The nav really needs serious work!! Especially the range assurance aspect.
Dborn
Confirmed
310 km. And yes, I should have been able to do it easily and stress free, as I had pre planned with ev trip planner, but I found I used way more in consumption than estimated on both trips, both Sydney to Goulburn and the lake Eucumbene trip. I had not factored in 4 adults and heaps of luggage.
Keiron
Member
Hi guys
An Ev trip planner website that Higgy put me onto is EV Trip Planner
I use it very frequently and so far its been right on the money every time. I allows you to put what version of model S, tyres, payload etc and does reverse trip calcs allowing for topography BOTH ways.
An Ev trip planner website that Higgy put me onto is EV Trip Planner
I use it very frequently and so far its been right on the money every time. I allows you to put what version of model S, tyres, payload etc and does reverse trip calcs allowing for topography BOTH ways.
Dborn
Confirmed
Or from lake Eucumbene to the Realm hotel ( With Tesla charging facilities) via the Goulburn supercharger.
Chuq
Active Member
I'm not sure where the best place is to ask this, so I'll try here:
Someone on another forum has said:
Would 45 minutes of supercharging be enough? In two stops, I guess?
Someone on another forum has said:
Would 45 minutes of supercharging be enough? In two stops, I guess?
Blue heaven
Fair Dinkum Tesla
need to be back in Melbourne by midnight? What happens at midnight? Their car turns back in to a pumpkin?
6 hours 15 is fast enough but 7 is not, I think their just making excuses.
Chuq
Active Member
Yeah, saw someone in the comments section of a website making a general EV comment about not being able to go 300km in one trip. Obviously wasn't aware of the Model S. When he was made aware suddenly he needed to go 600km at once. Without stopping. Around dirt tracks on farms. And he had to tow heavy loads.
Blue heaven
Fair Dinkum Tesla
Yep, I know the type, then when an EV is capable of 600kms range, they will then say "but what happens if I'm on the farm and get bitten by a snake and need to drive 1200kms to Burnt stump district hospital without stopping?" I expect they haven't heard of the RFDS also!
Blue heaven
Fair Dinkum Tesla
ICUdoc, The naysayers have nothing left, just repeating the same debunked myths, you will find its the same small percentage of people who invade the forums, opinion pieces, blogs and facebook pages.
On a more upbeat note from what I have witnessed at two different car displays are that the general public appear very positive about Electric cars, renewable energy and battery storage, a lot of people of various ages I talked to had no idea about Tesla cars but gee whiz they virtually all knew about the Tesla power wall and all the other stuff, when they got to look over a Model S it was great to see the excitement on people's faces.
ICUdoc, keep hammering away at the naysayers on the forums, have pleasure in the fact these insular individuals will have to live with modern transport and renewable energy sooner than they think.
Chuq
Active Member
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