“Shocking Breakdown: Tesla Owner Discovers the Real Cost of Driving 1,000 Miles—You Won’t Believe the Numbers!”

Ever wondered what it really costs to fuel up an electric vehicle while trekking across the land Down Under? Well, buckle up! A Tesla owner named JJ recently embarked on an epic 3,000-kilometer adventure from Melbourne to Queensland’s Magnetic Island, and he’s dishing out the details on the expenses involved in keeping his Model 3 charged and ready to roll. This journey—clocking in at an impressive 60 hours—sparked plenty of curiosity, especially about charging costs during the road trip. Did he break the bank or score a sweet deal? Spoiler alert: it turns out the price of going electric isn’t as shocking as some might think! Intrigued? Let’s dive into the numbers and find out just how much this electrifying escapade really cost. LEARN MORE

A Tesla owner has opened up on how much it costs him to run his Model 3, giving a breakdown of the money he spends on charging it for every 1,000 miles of travel.

Making a trip across Australia with his friend Siouxsie, Tesla owner JJ recorded how much he spent while travelling the 3,000 kilometre (1,864 mile) journey in his 2023 M3 RWD.

JJ made the trip from the city of Melbourne in New South Wales to the tiny Magnetic Island in Queensland, which lies just off the coast of mainland Australia.

Taking 60 hours, JJ was joined by Siouxsie who kept him company on the epic trip that took days on end to complete.

But the question everyone was left asking him was how much did it cost to drive the 3,000km trek given that he had an electric vehicle made by Elon Musk’s car company?

JJ, who is a professional DJ, told Yahoo News: “When I was telling all of my friends on the island about [driving up] they all just laughed at me and said ‘where are you going to charge [the car]?’”

How much did it cost JJ to drive from southern to northern Australia? (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Making the journey last summer, JJ revealed he used the ‘most expensive charger’, the Tesla Superchargers, on the roadside to get his car juiced up when it was running out. These electric charge points use a standardised rate through which they sell to customers topping up.

Overall, he ended up with a AU$321.44 bill for his 3,136km journey by car.

A bit of LADbible maths puts this at roughly £101 per 1,000 miles.

If we want to do a comparison to price of UK pumps right now, that would be roughly £158 in petrol for the same 1,000 distance.

Are you ready to take the plunge to electric vehicles? (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

On charging up and the time it takes to get filled up again, JJ said it’s no issue.

“It’s great because you don’t have to go into a petrol station and pay for what you’re using because it’s linked to your bank card,” he said.

“Then you can go grab something to eat while you wait.”

He said that his best drive for one single charge was 420km, which is just over one seventh of the journey.

One person reported their Cybertruck as being cheap as chips to run (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

“On average, it took around 25 minutes to charge the car up enough to get to the next charger,” JJ explained.

It comes as one Tesla Cybertruck owner revealed how much it cost him to keep it running for a month, spending just $32 on it across 31 days.

That gave him a maximum of 1,194 miles of travel, which feels like incredible value.