Stopped for cuppa, cake and a break at Cann River.

Sad to see that Squire’s Cafe burnt down in the past few weeks. Cann River Bakery was very busy.

When we returned to the car, a retired couple were looking at the Chargefox charger (next to the Tesla Supercharger we were using). They were wondering how the whole EV thing worked. I explained that we just plug into the Tesla Supercharger and walk away. Or with the other brands, we plug in, then tap a card or a button in an app, and walk away. They asked a lot of questions. They’re thinking about getting an EV for running around town. I explained that they can just plug the car into any power point at home, and charge from their home solar panels.

Onward west through Gippsland. Stopped in Bairnsdale for a quick lunch and rest stop. Then finally to home in Emerald, Victoria.

Charging:

This is probably the closest call we’ve had in all our travels. When we left Bombala, the Tesla predicted arriving in Cann River with 7%. At one point along the drive, the Tesla navigation predicted we’d arrive in Cann River with 1% remaining battery charge. We actually arrived with 2%, so no worries, right? 😉

As you can see in the photo, the Tesla’s charge app showed some insights such as:

• 15.0 km/h wind from the south cost 2.0% this trip.
• Low tyre pressure cost 0.3% this trip.
• Elevation cost 2.2% more than predicted.

But it didn’t tell us that:

• Tom should have charged up in Narooma before heading west into no fuel land. (Actually, it did suggest that before we headed west).
• What were you thinking, taking a detour to a lookout when you knew it would be tight?

We have been told that there’s another 5% ish below zero battery charge, but we don’t really want to test it. If we had been approaching zero, we would have just found a power point somewhere.

We have only run out of juice three times. All were in petrol vehicles, not in an EV.

Anyway, no dramas. We just plugged into the Supercharger in Cann River, and walked away. By the time we’d finished doing human things, the car had charged up more than we needed.