00:00 The team behind this impressive rig hoping to circumnavigate the continent is not so
00:07 much grey but green nomads.
00:10 They aren't technology students or a team of EV technicians.
00:15 They're the McClellans of Bassin Deane.
00:17 We thought we've electrified everything at home, can we do it as an electrified trip
00:22 around Australia as well?
00:23 The McClellans plan to exchange the eco-friendly house they built themselves for an eco-friendly
00:28 mobile home they modified themselves.
00:31 I've done some aerodynamic mods to the van which has had the extra bonus of adding more
00:38 solar panels to the roof.
00:39 All appliances have been converted to run on solar power and once they source a towball
00:44 the caravan will be pulled by one of the largest EVs available in Australia.
00:48 How many litres of fossil fuel do you expect to burn during this trip?
00:53 Zero.
00:54 The plan is to set off in March, a few months before the scheduled completion of WA's EV
00:59 highway which will provide charging stations from WA's far north to the South Australian
01:04 border.
01:05 Our electric vehicle charging stations are just the start.
01:08 They're intended to incentivise the uptake of electric vehicles.
01:13 The Australian EV Association says the chargers themselves are user friendly.
01:17 Having chargers every 200 kilometres or thereabouts means every single EV available on the market
01:24 today can do that trip.
01:26 Synergy is hoping that means more Australians becoming more confident about switching to
01:31 EVs for the longer haul.
01:33 It was only less than a year ago that we only had about 10,000 electric vehicles in the
01:38 state and that's nearly double that already.
01:41 This is not a matter of racing around Australia but ideally if we haven't used any fossil
01:46 fuels that's success to me.
01:49 As is perhaps the opportunity to help pioneer guilt free, fossil fuel free, long distance
01:55 travel.
01:55 .
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