130km/h with 13% battery in the Northern Territory
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We crossed into the Northern Territory at 5:32 pm.
The first speed sign on the other side reads 130, the highest limit anywhere in Australia. We had spent the afternoon sitting on 90 in a 110 zone to protect the range.
The car's navigation tried to talk us out of the high speed battery drain.
As usual, we just checked that the car said we would arrive at Kulgera with some change remaining. It estimated 13% on arrival. I pushed the speed up to 130 km/h, which changed that estimate to 8% — no stress since we were only 15 km away.
Charging
We left Coober Pedy's fast charger this morning with about 100%. 235 km later we stopped for lunch in Marla and used the destination charger to increase our estimated arrival (at Kulgera) charge from -7% to 13%. We're aiming to charge at Kulgera Roadhouse tonight. We don't think there's an EV charger listed there, but any power point will do. Tomorrow, there's a fast charger "up the road" at Erldunda, before the left turn and long stretch to Uluru.
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