8300-Mile EV Road Trip: Washington to Canadian Maritimes

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 01:44:56 +0000

By David Morgan, Plug-In NCW Newsletter We just completed a 5-week, 8,300-mile family road trip to the Canadian Maritimes and back again. Although we’ve been driving electric cars since 2014 and have logged almost 200,000 EV miles, including several multi-day road trips in our 2018 Bolt EV, this trip was unlike any we’d done before. […]

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What Is To Become Of Suburban Service Stations As EVs Take Over?

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 03:55:08 +0000

There are still new service stations being built around me in my home town of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Every time a see one going up, I think, “I hope that the business lasts long enough to repay the costs.” I don’t visit a servo any more. When I first got my Tesla, I used to […]

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Caravan Parks — EV Oases?

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 03:51:37 +0000

Dingo Caravan ParkCaravan park owners and managers are being told to prepare for a big influx of electric vehicles, especially when big SUVs arrive that can pull a van. The concern is that the cost of installing infrastructure and the supply of electricity might be too big a burden for some parks to bear. On our trips […]

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New World Record for Number of Countries Visited in 24 Hours in an Electric Car

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 17:21:30 +0000

Taycan 4S electric carHow many countries could you visit in 24 hours? How many could you visit in an electric car? That’s what the company “What Car?” wanted to find out. Actually, the people at What Car? wanted to do more than figure out their limit — they wanted to set a new world record. Did they succeed? […]

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Tesla Model Y & Model X Are 1st Electric Vehicles To Reach Mt. Everest Base Camp (Video)

Credit to Author: Iqtidar Ali| Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 07:01:52 +0000

Even 5 years back, no one would’ve imagined an electric vehicle reaching anywhere near the world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest (Mount Qomolangma in Chinese). But the ever-expanding network of Tesla Superchargers has made it possible. A Tesla Model X and a Tesla Model Y have reached the Mt. Everest Base Camp. The incredible journey was […]

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Tesla Model 3 — “But Will It Get Me To Uluru?”

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 01:22:10 +0000

Uluru tripBy David Waterworth and Adam & Tanya Philips It is a common joke amongst electric vehicle owners in Australia that some people won’t believe that an EV is worth buying unless it can get you to Uluru — the sacred heart of Australia (previously known as Ayers Rock). Well, one intrepid driver and his partner […]

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We Spent $95 To Drive 2,700 Miles On A Summer Roadtrip. Life With An EV Is Sweet Indeed

Credit to Author: Joe Wachunas| Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 13:00:53 +0000

For the second year in a row, my family embarked on a massive EV road trip. Five of us — my wife, 3 year-old, 7-year-old, and 17-year old exchange student — piled into a rented Model 3 and drove 2,661 miles across the Northeast to see family and friends and enjoy seven beautiful states. What […]

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A Tesla Model 3 Road Trip to Corsica (with Pictures)

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 02:20:29 +0000

My friend Marco “Speedy” Jeanrenaud, a resident of the Lake Geneva region of Switzerland, is a lifelong car lover — over the years, he has owned, among others, a 1976 Cadillac, a Dodge Charger, several Ford Mustangs, a Range Rover SUV, and Harley and BMW motorcycles. In 2016, he bought a Model S, and soon […]

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How Long Do Electric Cars Last? This Tesla Has Gone 1 Million Miles!

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 22:45:25 +0000

A Tesla owner in Germany, Hansjörg Gemmingen, recently shared that his Tesla Model S P85, which he purchased in 2014, had reached a milestone of 1 million miles. Gemmingen shared this achievement on Twitter, and he expects the milestone to be recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records. https://t.co/UyOkqXK8zR pic.twitter.com/Z7HzmibkGg — Hansjörg von Gemmingen […]

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