Re:What Happened to EVs?
by iknowstuff on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @10:52PM
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Could you share an example of such a trip? Let's toss it into ABRP
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Re:What Happened to EVs?
by worthless-trash on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @11:18PM
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Not OP, but for example.
From Brisbane, Queensland to Daintree Queensland and back. I do this trip once or twice a year.
There is a general drought of Tesla SCs in Queensland / NE Australia, so ABRP can't find a suitable route only using the SC network. Otherwise a scenario for the Lucid Air Dream Edition has it charging 6 times for a total of 4h12m (in "great" conditions, though; I can't change the car's consumption mi/wh on the desktop site): https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=c34a381b-83fc-4bd... - but of course this is one of the most expensive and longest range EVs available today.
You could also do this drive in a Tesla M3LR and charging adapters, but you’d be spending a lot of time at chargers either way…
AFAIK Australia Teslas use CCS2 - I think ABRP just doesn't handle non-NACS charging for Tesla vehicles, at least on desktop.
Re:What Happened to EVs?
by worthless-trash on Thursday January 04, 2024 @12:46AM
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Its good that at least one can make it.
Re:What Happened to EVs?
by iknowstuff on Saturday January 06, 2024 @05:46PM
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https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=f10ce8fe-c1b7-4ad...
22h of driving, of which 2h38m for rest&charging
Seems totally reasonable to me
Re:What Happened to EVs?
by protocolture on Sunday January 07, 2024 @08:27PM
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Yeah so I went Brisbane - Goondiwindi - Lake Cowal and return on my last trip.
Using ABRP and a random electric it adds a lot of time to the trip, diverting me via Warwick/Tenterfield avoiding the Toowoomba - Gwindi part of the trip. there's also 9 hours 21 minutes of charging.
Thats before determining whether the vehicle is suitably rugged, long stretches of road were uncovered. One of these trips we found ourselves on an unmaintained service road with deep potholes and several down trees.
My next trip is likely to be Brisbane to Mt Isa, and its got a large stretch of red on ABRP.