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Good analogy. With protracted pauses on each rock, which is frustrating.

 

40k superchargers around the world and routing to charging stations are a potent combination.

 

While that's true, it's also a potent combination when you survey a very small group. If they are self selected and all of them have an incentive (see Bob Wilson's tag line for his Tesla Referral code) to downplay the the faults and flaws of a system, then you get very positive results.

Another powerful factor in that survey is the management of expectations. You won't set out on a cross country trip in Australia in a BEV without careful planning. If you always stick to the main roads, the likelyhood of range anxiety is reduced to little or nothing.

As an example, If you want to drive from Longreach Queensland to any point west, you will not be likely to go through Birdsville park despite the fact that it provides a charging point for vans and travel trailers. ( PlugShare - Find Electric Vehicle Charging Locations Near You ). It's a long way from anywhere. On the positive side the plugshare review shows the last time someone checked in there was only a few years back. It was a Tesla, by the way, proving that it can be done.

Looking at the map of Australia's charging facilities, it's obvious that the well traveled routes along the coast are well provided for. Charge points are available every 10 to 50 miles. Like many areas, the free/public chargers appear to be primarily L1 and L2. The center of the continent has very few charge points by comparison to the coasts and major metro areas.

 

Perhaps population density is the reason.

The center is essentially uninhabited, and I don't think Australians make a habit of driving cross country. There are a few members here that can correct me, but I think most such travel is done by air, with the only regular ground travel is shipping by road trains.