Road Trips Archives | Page 13 of 30

Tesla Model 3 owners make 6,000km round trip to FNQ for $186

Trip from Brisbane to Cairns in an EV is cheap to do, but highlights the fact EV charging networks are woefully unprepared for coming EV tidal wave.

Tiffany Overton is only the third woman to drive solo around Australia in an EV. Supplied

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“It’s just what I did:” First woman to drive solo around Australia in a non-Tesla EV

Tiffany Overton chose an electric Mercedes rather than a Tesla for ground-breaking solo trip around Australia. Sometimes, though, it was like drinking electrons through a straw.

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MG ZS EV first impressions: Connected and quiet budget EV

We got a chance to take the new ZS EV for a spin from Sydney's Circular Quay to the picturesque La Perouse foreshore. Here's what we think.

Pete Petrovsky and Harald Murphy. Source: Twitter

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First Model Y owners to do “big lap” of Australia highlight EV charging “desolation”

Harald Murphy and Pete Petrovsky had no illusions about the challenges as they set off - in opposite directions - on a big lap of Australia in two Tesla Model Ys.

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Driving an EV off the highway: How good are these wheels?

Taking the road less travelled can be done in an EV, and no slower than any other two-wheel SUV.

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On the road to Gundagai: NRMA powers outback EV road trip

A wedding on the Sunshine Coast was a good excuse to take our 2015 Tesla on its fourth long trip across the Nullabor. And in NSW we chose the non-Tesla charging route.