How easy is it to drive from Wellington to Auckland in a Go Rentals Tesla Model 3?
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- We all know electric cars can drive long distances. The question is: how easy is it in 2022? To find out, Gav rented a battery powered Tesla Model 3 from Go Rentals and made the journey from Wellington to Auckland in one day.
Gav's no stranger to long distance electric car journeys, so he started out with expectations of delays and long charging times, but as you can see, things turned out better than expected.
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Picking up a new Tesla 3 Highland next week and driving from Auckland to New Plymouth. Never even been in one before!
NZ is way ahead of the game compared to Australia when it comes to EVs. Great presentation, very entertaining!
Yes. The Australian government goes not know what a EV is! 😆
Did the same trip a few weeks back, with two people on board - stopped at exactly the same locations
Well done! Very good educational video! (especially for drivers in NZ)
How much total you spend for the superchargers one way?
Thanks for the video. I am going to be doing an auckland to kapiti trip soon in my new model y and was a bit worried about places to stop, but looks pretty easy. Appreciate it 🙏
Great Job shouting out the good businesses you discover along the way in your driving adventures. Well Done 👍👍
Awesome video!
Have used Go Rentals a few times (not for EVs) - always been impressed. Particularly the WLG branch. Great vid. As a diehard ICE/petrolhead starting to explore EVs these vids are gold.
mean te reo and even meaner videos! thanks brother!
Ended up getting a 2019 model s plad, and got my wife a model y rwd. Really good cars.
I had that exact car a few months ago out of wellington. Went really well and was really surprised, Well worth the experience.
We have a Model 3 and very much like it. Best drive ever.
What on earth is the right side of the screen for?
I wish I could increase the font size of the Time and Percentage.
Also there are various notifications that popup on the bottom of the screen in small font that are very difficult to read.
Thanks.
We've had the Ioniq 5 since October last year and have managed to clock up 25,000km - much more than we usually do, but there were some uncommon journeys made. I can provide some experience on range and charging. WLTP (Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure) rules are based on a mix of driving. Unlike ICE cars, electric cars have a lower range on the open road than in town, as town driving provides lots of regenerative braking. A nominal range of 480km of stop-start town driving will probably drop to about 380km on the open road. On NZ roads, averaging 90kph at best, that's more than 4 hours driving; more than my back or my bladder can tolerate. There are lots of charging locations (the ChargeNet app is a very good one, as it'll show you which ones are available, busy or broken). This means that you do have to do a bit more planning real-time during your travels, and you may even have to wait up to 30 minutes for someone else to charge, but if you time your top-ups around your need for a break, the overall effect is reasonably limited. Towing can drop range by a third to even half (as I found out towing a non-aerodynamic glider trailer containing a very aerodynamic glider) over the Desert Road: Taupo to the Army Museum at Waiouru used half my battery in 120 km. The museum makes nice coffee, though. End of practical battery life in the car doesn't equate to end of life. The fancy (& expensive at $20k) Tesla wall battery has only a 13.5kWh capacity - about one-sixth of my car's battery - so a "worn-out" car battery is likely to be re-purposed as a home battery, connected to a solar power system. I mostly charge at home unless travelling, though if I'm going past a free charger I'll have a look. Most ChargeNet chargers are 50kW, so 30 minutes is about one-third of my battery filled up. High power 300kW chargers are starting to spread; I've had 211kW from the one in Taupo, meaning that I could go from 20% to full in 15 minutes. It takes that long to get coffee and find a loo (not necessarily in that order)! Hope this is useful.
Next time I’m back in NZ that’s my ride. Have to visit their web site. Got the app? Yes. 😊
Great Video Gavin, I hired one and did Mount Maunganui - Whakapapa - bulls - whakapapa - and back to Mount Maunganui. Was the best car for long distance driving. Far nicer drive than my Prius and would have been impossible in my Leaf.
I'm watching this with interest as I'm planning returning to NZ for a trip later this year.
Sadly I'll not be able to afford an electric rental car due to the length of time in there, and I'm sure I'm doing to miss my own Model 3.
I'm an extra in the 1998 Lion Red commercial "Red Men" in Mangaweka. I'm the single blury pixel at the back walking out of the Mangawaka garage. 😁 Watch for some nostalgic naive bliss on UA-cam.
Wonderful video my friend. I'm your fan＋👍🔔
All "premium" / executive rentals will be E.V in a matter of years. Petrol costs are insane.
I took my Tesla Y down from Auckland. Stopped in Hamilton, Taupo and Mangaweka. Rainy day. It took 2 hours longer than my petrol car I took previously
Glad to see you bought a wireless charging phone since your last review 😅
The navigation appeared to de-tour you off SH1 near the airport (despite the seemingly light traffic), to go through the various lights in Kilbirnie? Interesting!
I noticed that too 🗺️
I recently did a 1,151 km trip in my Tesla Model 3 with my two sons, Hamilton to Wellington and return. My boys don't like driving more than 3 hours per day, so I planned stop overs at Taupo and Palmerston North on the way to Wellington (and on the way back). We saw the sights along the way, all part of the holiday.
We stayed at Motels that had EV chargers, so my energy cost was literally zero and I also didn't have to spend any time at a fast charger. Every day I just drove to the next Motel. Something you can only do in an EV. To do this trip, you'd need an EV with about 300km of range, as the leg between Taupo and Palmerston North is 240km.
So much cheaper and more convenient than a fossil-fuel vehicle.
On the other hand, if you want to just drive all day, EVs can do that too. John Fitness drove his Tesla Model 3 from the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island in two days. He set a world record in the process, the fewest number of charging stops: 6 (3 charging stops in the North Island, 3 in the South Island).
He didn't even use Tesla's long range Model 3, just the standard range Model 3.
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/electric-car-driver-hits-road-in-record-breaking-trip-across-nz-dispel-ev-myths
We've done the 650km drive from Porirua to Kumeu in our 28kWh Ioniq with 5 charge stops. As you've quite rightly mentioned, range anxiety doesn't appear to be an issue anymore even in our car that has a range of 220km (190km with climate control on) The Tesla and all of the longer range EVs are extremely expensive and out of reach to the majority of New Zealanders, so it would be good to see a video of you doing a similar trip in a more affordable EV such as the MG ZS or Atto3. It also does depend on what time of day you stop at the chargers. I've pulled into Taupo around lunchtime and seen all 4 superchargers in use, and been at Waiouru when 5 EVs were charging or waiting to use the 2 chargers.
Earlier this year I did a 1,500 km road trip in a 2011 Nissan Leaf with 60% State of Health, from Mangawhai to Napier to Gisborne, and return. With 70 km of range I had to hop between fast chargers, but it can be done. Just shows how useful an old $7k Leaf can be. I'm not saying an old Leaf is good for road trips, but it is capable of doing road trips, as long as time isn't an issue.
I wonder how economical it would be for a vehicle manufacture to build the road wheels as turbine generators charging a flat battery like gas powered alternators toped up the older car batteries while the other battery is in use. Once the second battery is fully charged the batteries swop over repeating the cycle while driving. I understand enough about electrical engineering the limitations of the output of the turbines under load of the charging. The main concern is how they will cope with wet weather flooding problems and when theses cars age.
I would have gone west Taupo and you miss all the trucks.
Have you done a video for Home Charging & the additional cost that we might need to pay for electricity.
Home charging is even cheaper than superchargers. A lot slower obviously unless you have a level 2 wall charger set up
@@honestguy7487 Thanks
How they charge for rebtals
I'm waiting till they bring out a manual version!
Why would you want that? The Tesla Model 3 only has one gear, and the torque is instant. The most responsive car you'll ever drive.
Nice. Shorts in this weather. 😂
I was hoping to see how the autopilot handled NZ roads. I've a Tesla in Korea and wondering how the autopilot would be if I rented a Tesla on holiday in NZ this summer
Pretty well. Not designed for tight curvy roads but gives it a good go, drives like a nervous granny. Long as have lines on both sides it can drive though. It's designed for motorways or least single lane with moderate bends and handles those easily.
The driving in city streets av in usa/Canada will come here eventually, but for now the standard fsd is still pretty good.
👌 wow
i tried booking a model 3 with them 3 times and there was none available.
Combustion cars are like Black and White photography.
As colour came in a lot of people said ‘doesn’t have the same atmosphere and B&W’ etc.. now only professionals use B&W.
Even in a LR Wellington to Taupo in a single trip is tricky - I did it recently starting at 96% battery and arrived at about 2%.
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I am all for electric vehicles, am will buy one next time I am looking for a car…
With a family of four you probably have more potty breaks, obligatory “are we there yet”, and preference for takeaways.
At the sake of keeping the parents as sane and family as safe as possible I don’t want to sit waiting for a car to charge.
Wellington to Auckland in an combustion engine or hybrid is relatively easy without additional stops/time to refuel/charge.
With a Tesla, the stops at Superchargers are quick, due to the high charging speed. Also, Tesla's have an incredible entertainment system if the kids need something to do while charging. You can watch You Tube or Netflix, and there are lots of games (and I mean a LOT!). On my recent trip from Hamilton to Wellington and back with my two boys, I didn't need to stop for charging at all, since we stayed at places with EV charging. The games are so good, the boys wanted to spend some time playing "Sky Force Reloaded" while the car was parked at the motel. So we did that for at least 30 mins, before we decided to go somewhere for dinner. They didn't need to, they wanted to. They could have been in the Motel room watching TV or using their tablets, if they'd preferred.
@@RMarkNolan - I’m sure they are getting better (batteries), quicker (charging) more efficient (general, all over).
As are the roads - skipping Hamilton can save around 30 minutes in an Auckland to Wellington trip.
But like everything batteries tend to degrade faster with rapid/quicker charging.
A petrol car can make the full trip.
I hope they make more efficient AC cause boy does that help suck the battery dry.
Be interesting if the price comparison for Model 3 will go up once they introduce some sort of road user charge like they do for desiel. Light EV Veh (3500kg+) till 31 December 2025. For 1000km of RUC it's 76dollars which is a funny one since you're paying tax on electricity unlike Desiel fuel?, so I'd say, Tesla would still be cheapest but be around $300.
I want to rent an EV for road trips, but there aren't any in Hamilton.
Great video but I would query your conclusion that an ICE vehicle would need two tank fills. Wellington to Auckland is about 650km. A Toyota Camry would easily do that in about 50 litres or $110 at the time of writing this (7 December 2022). My BMW 320d which routinely does better than 5.5L/100km between Christchurch and Wanaka would use about 35 litres or $77. I accept that the Beemer will incur RUC on top of the fuel price, but when diesel gets back to a sensible price it will be the most economic alternative.
I recently hired a Polestar 2 to establish its viability as a daily driver where I regularly cover distances up to 450km at a time. It took 45 minutes longer to drive 310km from Christchurch to Blenheim than my BMW would due to a 45 minute charge stop at Kaikoura. That charge-up cost $20 plus another $30 in Blenheim when I arrived (the time here was while I ate dinner so not counted). So $50 for a little over $300km compared with my diesel using 17 litres or $37.51 (plus RUC).
Whilst I love the idea of electric cars they are not there yet. Efficiency needs to increase and range needs to increase to somewhere around 600km real world, not WLTP. The we will be talking!
He was comparing renting an EV vs renting a fossil fuel vehicle. In the fossil fuel car, it takes two tanks because you need to return it with a full tank. For that regular drive from Christchurch to Blenheim, get an EV that can do it in a single charge, like a Tesla Model 3. Then there will be no difference in the time it takes to drive it, but there is huge savings in the energy cost.
If you want to, you can drive your EV for free. I recently did a 1,151 km trip in my Tesla Model 3 with my two sons, Hamilton to Wellington and return.
We stayed at Motels that had EV chargers, so my energy cost was literally zero and I also didn't have to spend any time at a fast charger. Every day I just drove to the next Motel.
So much cheaper and more convenient than a fossil-fuel vehicle.
That’s not right. The vehicle comes with a full tank. Wellington to Auckland easily done on one tank of fuel. Fill it up to return. Only one tank used and paid for.
Rain and traffic.
Tesla chargers in NZ ain't cheap, that's one of the reason why they are often available (I'm happy with that, because it's still cheaper than gas and keep the queue minimal)
I live in the UK and we have been paying about £0.40-0.50/kWh until recently, which works out around $0.80/1.00.
I'm curious about the costs on an NZ Supercharger.
I'm pretty sure it'll still be much cheaper than petrol though.
@@rob1971 Tesla supercharger is around 70cents nzd per kw which comes to 39cents usd
Would of got better mileage going from auckland to wellington because your going down
So using your cost breakdown, if you are travelling alone then the EV is second most expensive?
While the Tesla superchargers are convenient, they are also (almost always) more expensive than other DC fast chargers. Why is that?
The best part of this video is you showing how easy it is to drive an EV from Wellington to Auckland.
They are more expensive than any other DC fast chargers because I am yet to come across any other DC fast charger that charges as fast as the Telsa Supercharger, essentially saving you more time. As the saying goes, time is money..
That looks like a CCS charger. Can you charge this at any fast/rapid charger? If so, then you can choose to pay less if you use a different charger.
@@glennjgroves yes, it can charge at any fast charger using CCS2.
The power is not supplied it’s energy called electricity.
Mmmmm comparison error, no family of four in the Tesla. The extra weight would have effected the milage. The other modes of transport should be for just one person. As was in the Tesla. Imo. Laurie
not very smart,why did it send you through kilbirnie and not stay on SH1 straight away.
Fossiler up front
Heres a good idea! why make your cell phone Bigger and slap it in front of that bigger voice that sits down on your left knee so i can look down every time you speak. it will never tell you if something is coming at you the other way. Eyes up and on the road all the bloody time.
the EV im waiting for is a Toyota Hiace. As soon as they make one im going EV.
With a 5 speed manual trans I hope.
Great video, but just a reminder that Taupō is pronounced toe-paw.
Tau poe 😅
Hu (sic) cares
And after a few years or a couple of 100,000 Km and the batteries are at the end of thier lives, there remains the big environmental problem of getting rid of them, and it's time for a new car. You made a few top up stops. We recently drove from Otaki to Auckland airport in a lovely 1.8 litre petrol powered car without stopping for fuel. And carbon neutral is a pipe dream. BTW it didn't look like the engine of the truck making smoke. This was little more than a blatant push for Tesla. I'll stick with my reliable economic comfortable hydrocarbon fossil fuel powered car and less stops.
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You're telling me u went on a almost 600km drive that takes over 6 hours without stopping at all? No normal human does that.🤣🤣🤣
Thisara, read it again. I said we didn't stop for fuel. But FYI we did make 1 meal stop. However, such a trip with no stopping is possible.
Thanks for your made up nonsense, did you go on a course to learn all those fallacies? The batteries will typically last way longer than you think and the warranty is actually longer that 100,000km. If you stopped for a meal anyway then charging would not have added to your journey time and the fuel cost would have been much lower.
Hi Simon. Thanks for not properly reading what I wrote. But by the tone of your reply, it seems that it's always convenient to be able to both recharge your car and have lunch anywhere, and neither should necessarily mean stopping for longer than you want. Well for one thing, I can guarantee you that after the same distance travelled I can refuel my petrol car faster than you will do for an ev. And I never mentioned warranties or how long they last, but I've never seen a vehicle manufacturer offer more than 100,000 Km, not that I said that in my comment. I said after a couple of hundred thousand Km. So what sort of total distance do you get from an ev? It doesn't really matter, because my point was that batteries have to be disposed of, and it is already an issue for some older evs. 💋