{"id":437378,"date":"2026-04-04T12:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=437378"},"modified":"2026-04-04T12:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:50:12","slug":"man-stranded-in-the-aussie-desert-claims-his-experience-proves-evs-are-viable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=437378","title":{"rendered":"Man Stranded in the Aussie Desert Claims his Experience Proves EVs are Viable"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The story refers to a Tesla driver named Jac attempting a Sydney-to-Perth crossing via the Nullarbor Plain\u2014one of Australia’s most remote, arid stretches along the Eyre Highway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiple EV charging stations (including at Madura, Balladonia, and Norseman) went offline, leaving him scrambling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He ended up charging his vehicle from a remote shearing shed’s power supply and described the trip as “a bit of a gamble.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the setbacks and being effectively stranded, he concluded that the experience “proved electric vehicles can work across Australia, but not without risk.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026 the journey proved electric vehicles can work across Australia, but not without risk \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Electric car driver left scrambling for power as chargers go offline on Nullarbor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Australian Tesla driver has learned the hard way how bad the country\u2019s EV charging infrastructure can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danielle Collis<\/a><\/strong>
April 3, 2026 \u2013 12:17PM<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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An Australian man has been left stranded in the middle of the Nullarbor after multiple electric vehicle charging stations failed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jac has been documenting his journey in his\u00a0Tesla<\/a>\u00a0from Sydney to Perth, a journey he says quickly turned into a \u201cbit of a gamble\u201d as key charging sites went offline across remote Western Australia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re plugged in to the back of a shearing shed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of the setbacks, Jac said the journey proved electric vehicles can work across Australia, but not without risk.\u00a0

\u2026Read more:\u00a0https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/technology\/motoring\/electric-car-driver-left-scrambling-for-power-as-chargers-go-offline-on-nullarbor\/<\/a>news-story\/93a559da76ebf3766745d3d4797d1cef<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I personally witnessed the \u201cvulnerability\u201d of outback charging stations in a town in far Western New South Wales called\u00a0Brewarrina<\/a>. I had a chat to the repair man. He said he\u2019s out there every other day, the local kids keep vandalising the charging station. He kept the van doors locked the whole time, even though he was only a few feet away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sure there are nice places in Brewarrina, but not the place where we parked. While I was waiting 5 minutes for my family to have a comfort break, two scruffy looking teenagers did a walk by of my vehicle. The thought of leaving a vehicle there for half a day, or longer if the charger was mysteriously out of order, to get enough charge to reach the next town, let\u2019s just say it probably wouldn\u2019t work out well for the EV owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For truly remote charging stations, I mean try leaving a $100,000 charger battery set unattended in the middle of any desert and see how long it stays put, especially the charging stations with expensive diesel backup systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gasoline and Diesel can run out, as millions of Aussies may be about to discover. But our current \u201cnot a crisis\u201d is more a government policy failure, a deliberate policy of shutting down refineries to prepare for our glorious green future, than a problem with the technical viability of long distance diesel transport. And with diesel if you have concerns about fuel availability en-route, you can always invest in a bigger gas tank, or load a few jerry cans in the trailer to keep you going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The story refers to a Tesla driver named Jac attempting a Sydney-to-Perth crossing via the Nullarbor Plain\u2014one of Australia’s most remote, arid stretches along the Eyre Highway. Multiple EV charging stations (including at Madura, Balladonia, and Norseman) went offline, leaving him scrambling. He ended up charging his vehicle from a remote shearing shed’s power supply and described the trip as “a bit of a gamble.” Despite the setbacks and being effectively stranded, he concluded that the experience “proved electric vehicles can work across Australia, but not without risk.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":437380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818216,691823177,691840859,691842168,691842169],"class_list":["post-437378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-australia","tag-charging-stations","tag-evs-electric-cars","tag-nullarbor-plain","tag-tesla-driver","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Man-Stranded-in-the-Aussie-Desert-Claims-his-Experience-Proves-EVs-are-Viable.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1PMu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":243928,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=243928","url_meta":{"origin":437378,"position":0},"title":"Are electric vehicle charging stations really worth taxpayer money?\u201d","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/09\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Charging at home is a favored feature of electric vehicles (EVs). 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