Mark Purcell and his family have just completed a holiday drive, travelling 8000 km from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland to Hobart in Tasmania and back, all the while myth busting about the capabilities of electric vehicles. He tells me that he visited 19 Tesla Superchargers with zero wait time at a total cost of $333. He started at the Sunshine Coast, then to Sydney, on to Melbourne, and then Tasmania in his Tesla Model 3 Performance. “It just worked!” he said.It wasn’t all about the chargers.
“We enquired around, but could not find the other owner when the car was charged. The hotel management kindly offered me a 15 amp socket which would take 6 hours to charge my battery. At dinner time the other driver moved his Tesla so I plugged in. I didn’t have a chance to chat to him as he was gone by the time we realised the car was moving. By this time we had decided to stay overnight so I could do my 3 hour charge.
His blog contains this typical comment: “Overall a good day’s driving , stopped at three Superchargers and personally had zero wait for a free stall, lots of shared charging only delivering a slow 65 kW. Others arriving after me did have wait times of 5–10 minutes, but the turnover was quick.” At the NRMA charger behind Gloria Jeans Coffee in Coffs Harbour, one charger was displaying the message on its screen: “port D unavailable pending parts being replaced which are currently expected end of January 23.” With only one charger available, this caused some congestion.While driving on the M1 in Tasmania, his Tesla received an update which affected the car’s phantom braking. He tells me that this resulted in a “low wife acceptance factor.
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