EV vs The Outback

Electric vehicles are everywhere these days, but do limitations on charging and range still apply? To find out, we sent Kia’s entry-level EV, the err… EV3, on a 3000km road trip across Australia. We started in Adelaide, South Australia, and hoped to make it to Darwin, in the Northern Territory. How hard could it be in 2025 to cross The Outback?

🚗 Kia EV3
🎤 Ollie Kew

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00:00 The 3000km Plan
1:59 Why We’re Doing This
3:10 Our Tow Vehicle…
4:16 Charging Stop No. 1 (& Problem No. 1)
5:10 The Start Of The Outback
6:43 Cold War Rocket Testing
7:49 Roads As Runways
8:55 Hypermiling In Hot Weather
11:06 A Busted Charger (In The Middle Of Nowhere)
13:18 New Day, New Hope? Nope…
14:09 The Kia EV3
15:53 Why The Stuart Highway Has Speed Limits
17:19 Halfway!
20:30 Random Road-Trip Sightings
22:08 Puncture!
23:51 Road Trains: 130-Tonne Rulers Of The Outback
24:57 Is This A ‘Green’ Road Trip?
26:34 Interior Thoughts After 3000km
29:19 The Home Stretch