Subj : Re: Aussie EV failures...
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Spectre
Date : Thu Nov 09 2023 09:12:00

 pF> I wonder how far apart the farthest gas stations are in Australia?
 pF> Probably quite far.

Hmmm If you stick to the beaten track and highways about the end of every
tankful of petrol (gas) you'll find a servo.  In days past I'd drive the 800+
Km to Sydney from Melbourne, it didn't much matter what car I was in, it'd be
near the end of the tank, and refill in Wagga Wagga.  This went with the Ford
Falcon with its 4L inline 6, or the old toyota corolla... seems like here we
went for tank size for distance.  The Wagga Wagga stop is ~500Km, the other
300 takes almost as much fuel due to steep hills/mountains.

If you're going to somewhere like Perth, a trip I've never done. Its ~2000Km
and a lot of that is pretty sparsely inhabited. Which is where you find the
chip oil powered diseasal generator to power your EV with.. no idea what
other charging stations are out there, but the problem becomes a lot of these
places are remote enough there is no grid power.  But even out there in this
day and age, you've got fuel stops every 80 to 190Km.

I have had the odd occasion where I've not run out, but had to buy fuel from
a farmer close to a town with no service station. But these tend to be really
small towns where if you knew the area better you'd fill before doing the
scenic back roads tour.

Spec


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