And we’re off! Europe, here we come.

First step in our EV road trip is a lift from our home in Emerald to Melbourne Airport. We didn’t want to leave our car at the airport for eight weeks. We happened across GoBlue, which is a newer company than Uber and Lift. They promote ethical values such as all EVs (no fossil fuels) and better conditions for workers. They gave us about 30% discount off our first booking.

The driver arrived 15 minutes early, so I offered him our home charger. Might as well charge when parked anyway.

The drive to the airport was smooth, quiet and fume free. Excellent driver. Personally, I would flash high beams to clear cling-ons from the right lane, rather than tailgate 🫣.

Getting through the airport was okay, but a bit tiring. I had a tube of honey in my carry-on that I had to surrender to security. Rookie mistake. It was 400mL – exceeding the 100mL fluid limit. I managed to skull down my half full water bottle, but I couldn’t drink 300mL of honey 😉 .

Charging:

We left our Tesla at home, plugged into the wall charger. I’ve set it to maintain 80% charge, rather than leave it full and unused for weeks.

While we’re away, we won’t have the usual ICE car concerns of needing someone to drive it to keep the engine, oil, battery all fresh.