Doing our annual 2000km road trip in a Tesla

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We have done this trip multiple times in our Subaru Forester and MG ZS EV but never in a Tesla before.
I didn't clarify in my C02 calculations that Tesla Superchargers in Australia are powered by 100% renewable energy.
(www.tesla.com/en_au/impact/pr...)
Some extra info:
Looks like Chargefox "Ultra Rapid" chargers are 100% renewable (don't know if this means that the slower ones aren't?)
(www.chargefox.com/news/austra...)
Evie Network: 100% renewable.
(evie.com.au/)
AMPCharge network: "renewable energy sources where possible"
(mmmm....make your own mind up on what this means?)
(www.ampol.com.au/about-ampol/...)
BP Pulse network: "powered by 100% renewable energy"
(www.bp.com/en/global/corporat...)
If for arguments sake you managed to avoid fast charger sites that used renewable energy and weren't able to use renewable energy at home or at your destination:
Lets work out the C02 produced:
We used 425kwh of energy to travel the 2591kms.
Per KWH of energy used, the C02 created is: .73kgs in NSW and .85kgs for Vic and JUST .25kgs for S.A.!
(www.cleanenergyregulator.gov....)
Lets call it .8 kgs of C02 per kwh for arguments sake.
425kwh used x .8 = 340kgs (as opposed to the 621.84kgs we would have produced in the Subaru Forester)
So would have saved 281kgs of C02 (bit less than half of what we saved by charging from renewables).
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@michaelmcclown5593 5 месяцев назад

I think I would be in heaven if I came home and there was a roo standing in front of the garage.

@sydneyg007 5 месяцев назад

Ha. Yeh, it's cool but I guess they are so common that we take it for granted!

@vaughanstagpoole3812 5 месяцев назад

Interesting video and really enjoyed the nerdy stuff. Don't think you can say that you saved all that Co2 unless Tesla charges source only renewable electricity, but certainly the charges at the beginning of the trips look like they are from solar panels.

@sydneyg007 5 месяцев назад

Thanks! Yes, your right I didn't clarify that Tesla Supercharges are powered from 100% renewable energy. I've updated the description with a bit more info!

@moestrei 4 месяца назад

It was great years back to have a 'fast' charging network esrtabished even with Australian made Fast Chargers. It triggered me buying an ev, a used Tesla Model S. This particular car can charge 22kW AC which was a trip saver many times as every show ground, caravan park or industrial estate has 32A 5pin outlets as the Tritium chargers proved to be an unreliable mess up to today. The only network which got it right with ease of use, charge rates, number of stalls per site and RELIABILITY is Tesla. Today the S is 10 years old and has travelled 380000km, still the first battery with 14% degradation only. Amazing condition optically and technically....really puts the established oems (who laughed loud when Tesla appeared) to shame.

@sydneyg007 4 месяца назад

Nice. A true pioneer! The 22kw charger would be very usefull for getting to Alice springs. There's only 3 phase power points on the way (no fast charging!)

@shanenorwell8580 5 месяцев назад

What are you guys paying a kWh at home for power (at your in-laws house for example)?

@sydneyg007 5 месяцев назад

Actually Camilles sister and parents switched to "Amber Energy" last year so they are on wholesale energy rates. This means that if there are a lot of renewables in the grid (which happens a lot in S.A.) then the prices go right down or they even sometimes get paid to use energy (their electric cars come in very handy when this happens!). The flipside is that at busy times (like 6pm) prices can go right up (like $1 per kwh) which is when the Powerwall comes in to it's own (feeding into the grid at high prices!). At our place in country NSW if we ever needed to draw from the grid it is 31 cents per kwh, I think it is more like 20 cents per kwh in town.