Itโs been 15 months since I purchased an Electric Vehicle (EV) with generous State Government Incentives. This month Iโve driven ~2,800km and have the following observations.
โก๏ธ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น. Itโs free at the Lindfield Village Green Carpark. Itโs cheap at home. Even when I use the Supercharger network for country travel itโs still cheaper than petrol. Iโve been averaging $5.40 per 100km whereas petrol would be $20 per 100km.
โ ๏ธ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ. Some of the NRMA chargers and Willoughby Council chargers are free but unreliable / faulty. Itโs really annoying and a massive time waster.
๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ. We have 14 normal charging spaces and 1 handicapped charging space at the Lindfield Village Green. They are all free, they use 100% renewable energy, and they all (currently) work.
๐ Thereโs lots of sluggish EVs in the market but a base model Tesla is faster and cheaper than a Golf GTI. ๐โ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.
๐ฐ ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ. Sure itโs within reach for many living in our LGA and itโs easy to enjoy the environmental and performance benefits, but most ordinary Australians arenโt in a position to buy one. The State Gov incentives have helped shave off ~$5,000 so that has made a big difference. The Federal Gov recently introduced incentives as well but given the narrow / targeted nature of salary packaging it isnโt as accessible. Over the next decade more options will become available but we first need to get over the global (pandemic induced) manufacturing shortage.
๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ข๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ
Itโs been 15 months since I purchased an Electric Vehicle (EV) with generous State Government Incentives. This month Iโve driven ~2,800km and have the following observations.
โก๏ธ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น. Itโs free at the Lindfield Village Green Carpark. Itโs cheap at home. Even when I use the Supercharger network for country travel itโs still cheaper than petrol. Iโve been averaging $5.40 per 100km whereas petrol would be $20 per 100km.
โ ๏ธ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ. Some of the NRMA chargers and Willoughby Council chargers are free but unreliable / faulty. Itโs really annoying and a massive time waster.
๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ. We have 14 normal charging spaces and 1 handicapped charging space at the Lindfield Village Green. They are all free, they use 100% renewable energy, and they all (currently) work.
๐ Thereโs lots of sluggish EVs in the market but a base model Tesla is faster and cheaper than a Golf GTI. ๐โ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.
๐ฐ ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ. Sure itโs within reach for many living in our LGA and itโs easy to enjoy the environmental and performance benefits, but most ordinary Australians arenโt in a position to buy one. The State Gov incentives have helped shave off ~$5,000 so that has made a big difference. The Federal Gov recently introduced incentives as well but given the narrow / targeted nature of salary packaging it isnโt as accessible. Over the next decade more options will become available but we first need to get over the global (pandemic induced) manufacturing shortage.
