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Joined: 15/07/2006
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| Posted: 03:30am 18 Oct 2023 |
AEVA EV Expo, Perth.
A little history first.
Kicked of this year with the 'Fully Charged Live' show in Sydney, as a vehicle exhibitor in the AEVA (Australian Electric Vehicle Association) stand.
https://www.thebackshed.com/forum/ViewTopic.php?FID=15&TID=15645
Called it off with Noosa EV Expo and went to RACQ Motorfest instead. Noosa changed the rules (was free) and wanted too much money. They did come down in price, but I still said no. RACQ Motorfest is free. Both events were on the same day.
I did inquire at the Sanctuary Cove boat show (Brisbane), to show some electric outboard motors, but they wanted too much money. No way I could afford that one.
Next event was the AEVA EV Experience in Cleveland (Brisbane)
About an hour down the road after this show I felt power loss. 1 motor failed. I drove it (on the good motor. T-Rev has 2 motors) to a friends place and left it there. Hitched a ride home with my son. Next morning, dumped the EV Boat off the car trailer and hooked up to EV Hilux. Headed back to Brisbane with my other horse and a lead rope!
Loaded T-Rev and headed back home again. Over 4000km in one week. (Of course that's not all electric. My Son bought another Hilux (petrol) and I drove it). We intend to change his older Hilux to Electric.
Charged from both ports wherever possible. 180A to the batteries.
T-Rev all ready to go again, I plan to attempt to make it to Perth for the AEVA EV Expo. https://www.theevexpo.com/
On the Plugshare website, trip planning is a very good function, but it runs out of stop points before I reach the destination, so this map is just with a few key stops for it to show the route. Other charge stations (the stations not filtered out from my settings) showing within a certain distance.
And possible return trip included. But if you are a regular follower, you will know that plans can change.
Trev @ drivebynature.com