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Road Trip & Regional EV Charging (Australia)

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Road Trips & Regional · Jul 26, 2026 · @hanny_b

Upgrading from our MG4 to a Model Y or BYD Sealion 7 — which actually copes better with the school holiday coast run?

We've had the MG4 for two years now and home charging at the Hills District house has honestly been a non-event — plug in overnight, never think about it. It...

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Road Trips & Regional · Jul 24, 2026 · @jdubz

Atto 3 owner, first proper road trip next month — Canberra to Melbourne via the Hume, is the Barnawartha North Chargefox actually reliable?

Got the Atto 3 back in March mostly for the commute and never actually taken it past Goulburn. Doing the drive down to Melbourne for a wedding mid-August and...

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Road Trips & Regional · Jul 24, 2026 · @fi_mac

Doing Brisbane to Cairns in the EV for the first time — worth carrying a portable Type 2 as backup once we're past Rockhampton?

Normally my EV stays local, coast to inland for work and the ute does anything further or anything towing. But we're taking the whole family up to Cairns nex...

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Road Trips & Regional · Jul 23, 2026 · @nads88

Semi-rural block outside Hobart, Model Y finally ordered — do I actually need to keep a second car for towing?

Been going back and forth on this for the better part of a year and finally signed the novated lease paperwork on a Model Y last week, delivery expected Octo...

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