List of Successful Electric Vehicle Trips Around Australia
See also:
Round Australia Electric Highway
Round Aust Elec Highway - Road Trips and Media
This is the list of Electric Vehicles to have been successfully driven around Australia.
Inclusion criteria:
- Must include (or come close to) Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Broome (preferably), Darwin, Cairns (preferably), Brisbane.
- Must be a battery electric vehicle as opposed to a plug in hybrid.
- Sufficient evidence e.g. photo blog showing vehicle at key dates/locations submitted to charging@teslaowners.org.au
We will stop at 100 so plan your trip fast! Numbered certificates will be issued to the first 100. Trophy for first 10 !
| Order | Finish Date | Main Driver | Co Drivers / Navigators | Vehicle | Colour | Start - Finish | Direction | Notes |
| 1 | 14 Nov 2011 | Glen George | Solo | MG Conversion "Lectric" | Blue | Perth - Perth | Clockwise | First EV around Australia. Support vehicle, mobile generator. Later (2013), first EV to visit all states. |
| 2 | 29 Sept 2016 | Richard McNeall | Danny McNeall, Phillip Vassallo, John Wybrow, Kristin Young | Tesla Model S 90D "Tessie" | Blue | Melbourne - Melbourne | Anticlockwise | First without support vehicle or mobile generator. First production EV. First Tesla. 3 phase survey trip. Later (2017), first unsupported EV Adelaide To Darwin via Red Centre. |
| 3 | 22 Nov 2016 | Jeff Johnson | Solo | Nissan Leaf "LE(OZ)AF" (Leaf Round Oz) | Blue | Sydney - Sydney | Clockwise | Charity drive in support of Newborn & pædiatric Emergency Transport (NETS) NSW. Mobile generator. |
| 4 | 20 June 2018 | Sylvia Wilson | Libby Whitehill, Eliza Baxby, Julia Crombie, Margaret Brown, Zoe Wilson, Kate Bell, Kate Wilson (+8yo grandson Angus) | Tesla Model S 75 "Bluey" | Blue | Gladstone - Gladstone | Clockwise | First all-female. First to travel the Round Australia Electric Highway. |
| 5 | 31 Aug 2018 |
Steve (of the Nullarbor) Burrell |
Keita Burrell, Aleria Burrell (3yo) | Tesla Model S P85D "KARR" | Titanium | Perth - Perth | Clockwise |
First family. First EV to visit all states and mainland territories. Earlier (2015), first unsupported EV to cross the Nullarbor. |
| 6 | 2018 | Harald Murphy | Solo | Tesla Model X 90D | Perth - Perth | Clockwise | First SUV. | |
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7 |
2018 | Wiebe Wakker | Solo | Darwin - Sydney |
Serpentine Route |
Darwin Perth Port Augusta Tennant Creek Cairns Newcastle Adelaide Melbourne Sydney | ||
| 8 | 2019 | Richard Smith | Tesla Model X 100D | White | Darwin - Darwin | Anticlockwise | ||
| 9 | 2019 | Linda Rohrs | Solo | Tesla Model S 100D | Gold Coast - Gold Coast | Clockwise | ||
See also:
Round Australia Electric Highway
Round Australia Electric Highway - Road Trips and Media
