On our way today from Goulburn to Newcastle.

Time for a toilet stop and stretch in Seven Hills.

I tapped the charger icon on the Tesla screen and one of the options it showed was 10km ahead along our route, in Seven Hills, which seemed likely to also have toilets. I tapped that location, added it to our route. The Tesla realised it was a charger and started preconditioning the battery (for faster charging on arrival).

Lots of road works out here on the highway. I found it difficult to determine which of the lines on the road were removed and which were the new ones, in the glare of the sun on the road. At one point, a ute in front of us was straddling two lanes until some other cars behind alerted them to the misalignment. Somehow our Tesla’s Autopilot managed to make sense of it all and kept us in the correct lane. Super impressive.

Mum’s Apple Watch didn’t charge last night in the motel, so we plugged it into the USB-C port in the car.

Onward to the NSW Central Coast, then Cessnock, and back to Newcastle for tonight.

Charging:

The bank of Evie Networks chargers here are nicely located (for suburbia), with food and toilet options nearby. By the time the toilet trip was done, we had more than enough charge for the rest of our trip.

It took about 15 seconds to plug in, and tap the Evie card. Maybe another ten seconds to disconnect. Less human time required than for the petrol pumps nearby.