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Always be charging! Electric campervan pioneers caught short and need a tow on first lap of Australia
Electric campervan pioneers forget their own charging rules and are caught short on lap of Australia and need a tow. Green nomads take note.Around Australia in an electric campervan: “We want to show that it can be done”
In what could be an Australian first, one of the country’s EV charging pioneers is setting off on a big lap in an electric campervan, with two key messages.
A 15-week electric road trip, retracing the honeymoon we took in a Holden V8 and looking for EV chargers
We used our EV to retrace the honeymoon outback trek we did a lifetime ago in a Holden V8. All good, apart from Tesla’s navigation system that can’t see beyond its own Supercharging network.
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The slow electrification of recreational, off-road 4WD vehicles
The recreational off-road vehicle segment has been slow to embrace electrification, but there are some significant advantages. Here’s what’s on offer.
YouTuber to tackle first lap around the world in a battery-electric truck
A professional truck driver and YouTuber known as “Elektrotrucker” is about to undertake the world’s first trip around the world in a fully electric truck.
Range anxiety? Electorate “bigger than Belgium” hasn’t been a problem for this EV-driving MP
With an electorate “bigger than Belgium” – six hours from one end to the other – state Labor MP says his EV driving experience thus far is “75,000 km and I’ve never been caught out.”
Some must-do’s for crossing the Nullarbor in an EV, and why you need a Plan B
Across a 5,000 km Melbourne-Perth Nullarbor trip, we made 30+ charging stops – showing preparation is key for long-distance EV travel.
The best thing about driving 2,200 km on this EV holiday: Not having to worry where to charge
The best thing about having an EV on a driving holiday in New Zealand is not having to worry about where to charge. Maybe this might one day be the case in Australia.
A 1,000 km day trip in our EV to a country town and back – and just 43 minutes charge time
Over the 1,000 km to a country town and back, we stopped to charge for a total of 43 minutes, which is 17 minutes less than the recommended breaks for a single driver.
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