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Taste of Tasmania: Ten day tour in Tesla Model S85, powered by renewables

February 3, 2016 by Marc Talloen 3 Comments

Eerie landscape at Iron Blow Lookout

Part 2 of our trip around Tasmania by a Tesla electric vehicle, charged with renewable energy. We must electrify transportation and EV tourism may be a good way to start it in Tasmania.

Filed Under: Electric Vehicles

Taste of Tasmania by Tesla Model S85: 10 days energized with renewable energy

January 20, 2016 by Marc Talloen 6 Comments

Tasmania is ideally suited to electric cars and EV tourism because nearly all of its electricity needs are generated as renewable hydro- and wind energy. Here’s our tale of our trip around Tasmania by a Tesla EV.

Filed Under: Electric Vehicles

A Tesla’s 9,000kms journey through Queensland without super-charger network – Part 4

October 12, 2015 by Marc Talloen 1 Comment

Our intrepid Tesla Model S owner continues his trip north in Queensland in this final part of the series. Defying the naysayers in pursuit of a three-phase socket and a suitable charging point.

Filed Under: Electric Vehicles

Tesla journey through Queensland: Charging up with wind power

September 30, 2015 by Marc Talloen 3 Comments

Advocating the use of renewable wind energy to empower electric cars.

In Part 3 of this Tesla’s 9,000kms odyssey through Queensland, without a super-charging network, we learn how the car plugged into the only wind farm in the state.

Filed Under: Electric Vehicles, Other Renewables, Solar

A Tesla's 9,000kms journey through Queensland without super-charger network – Part 2

September 22, 2015 by Marc Talloen 3 Comments

Photosynthesis! For the sake of future generations, humans are better off relying less on fossil fuels and more on renewable energy. Plants give us an inspiring example.

Our intrepid Tesla Model S owner continues his trip north in Queensland, defying the naysayers in pursuit of a three-phase socket and a suitable charging point.

Filed Under: Electric Vehicles

How a Tesla travelled 9,000kms through Queensland without super-charger network

September 16, 2015 by Marc Talloen 11 Comments

Environmental thunderclouds threaten mankind - Tesla accelerates towards a brighter future!

The Queensland government’s super charger Electric Highway initiative is great news for EV drivers. But you can make do without it.

Filed Under: Electric Vehicles

Tesla Model S in Australia: Breaking the shackles and conquering new frontiers

July 28, 2015 by Marc Talloen Leave a Comment

A Brisbane family get their Tesla Model S and promptly leave on a 3,000km road trip, becoming the first to link Brisbane and Canberra and back again. And the super-charging network hasn’t been built yet. Here’s what happened.

Filed Under: Electric Vehicles

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