I’m surprised EVs didn’t take off sooner in Australia, given the fact that 40% of Aussie homes have solar panels.
I’m Aussie but am living in the USA now. Last time I visited Australia, I leased an EV from Sixt and it was so much cheaper than an ICE car because they included free Chargefox and Tesla supercharging.
Range anxiety.
Australia is full of wide open spaces. Camping is also a popular Australian activity.
Car purchases are based on the hope of being able to do The Loop, even though most trips are no more than 100kms.
Quite a few EVs are coming onto the market with ranges more than 1000km, but when you get to your destination you have to spend half a day in civilisation waiting for your car to charge back up.
Some EVs even have a “Camping” mode where they go into a low power mode overnight, but they still don’t have the same range the next morning.
When you do run out of electricity on the side of the road, you have to get towed by a diesel flatbed truck (or a diesel flatbed truck with a diesel generator on the back). (Just like all the plebeians with ICE vehicles and no spare tyre).
You can’t walk to the nearest servo and get a 10l Jerry can.
But how often are you doing it? If only there’s a way for people that wants to use those ICE cars for long distance to have access to them only during the period of time when they need to, and then for the rest of the year when they don’t need it it can be used by someone else who need it instead.
I know a lot of people with two car households; one 4WD Ute for camping and towing and one EV for more mundane local tasks.
I am single and don’t have the luxury of a second car.
If I want to go bike touring, mountain biking or just hiking, I need an ICE vehicle to get me to the beginning of my adventure.
I also like 4WDing and borrowing a 4WD that may get damaged on the trail is not a great idea.
I’m surprised EVs didn’t take off sooner in Australia, given the fact that 40% of Aussie homes have solar panels.
I’m Aussie but am living in the USA now. Last time I visited Australia, I leased an EV from Sixt and it was so much cheaper than an ICE car because they included free Chargefox and Tesla supercharging.
Range anxiety. Australia is full of wide open spaces. Camping is also a popular Australian activity.
Car purchases are based on the hope of being able to do The Loop, even though most trips are no more than 100kms.
Quite a few EVs are coming onto the market with ranges more than 1000km, but when you get to your destination you have to spend half a day in civilisation waiting for your car to charge back up.
Some EVs even have a “Camping” mode where they go into a low power mode overnight, but they still don’t have the same range the next morning.
When you do run out of electricity on the side of the road, you have to get towed by a diesel flatbed truck (or a diesel flatbed truck with a diesel generator on the back). (Just like all the plebeians with ICE vehicles and no spare tyre). You can’t walk to the nearest servo and get a 10l Jerry can.
Eh? I can leave my EV parked unplugged for a week and it still has exactly the same main battery charge as before.
Well, at least to the nearest percent anyway.
Yeah, I was wondering. What Camping mode was, but that’s what the owners manual said in my nieces new EV…
I reckon it probably disables telemetrics and trying to spy on the owner.
But how often are you doing it? If only there’s a way for people that wants to use those ICE cars for long distance to have access to them only during the period of time when they need to, and then for the rest of the year when they don’t need it it can be used by someone else who need it instead.
I know a lot of people with two car households; one 4WD Ute for camping and towing and one EV for more mundane local tasks.
I am single and don’t have the luxury of a second car. If I want to go bike touring, mountain biking or just hiking, I need an ICE vehicle to get me to the beginning of my adventure.
I also like 4WDing and borrowing a 4WD that may get damaged on the trail is not a great idea.