Lessons from an EV road trip: Where to stay with your EV
Where fast chargers are few and far between, you might have to accommodate your car’s need for an overnight charge at a cost to your own comfort.
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Hurry Krishna is Indian by birth, Australian by accident and a slow traveller by choice. She is an occasional travel blogger and has recently joined The Driven’s team of writers. She speaks a number of Asian languages, including English, and hopes to walk, cycle or drive her trusty Kona EV far and wide around the world. Under a different name she is a professor and has written many academic books and papers in her areas of specialist research in Media and Cultural Studies.
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