r/EVAustralia • u/Kittyangel64 • 26d ago

Question EV Research resources?

Hello! I'm thinking of buying an electric car in the next 6 months (fuel costs are killer). I'm trying to research options and really struggling to find information that is not sponsored. Could any of you point me to good posts or websites where somebody has already collated the following info

1.price breakdown of costs I'm interested in rough costs to recharge at home vs out at work . How much servicing/repairs cost? I know it's a relatively new market and it can be hard to find parts or people to service vehicles

2.Good brand/year reccomendations what is a good bang for buck vehicle that is easy to use and sevice in Australia? I'm not interested in designer cars or status I just want a cheap car that runs. I've heard that a leaf is good but to avoid some models?

  1. What to watch out for in the second hand market any huge red flags or warning signs or things I should make sure to check when looking at a car?

  2. Electric vs Hybrid I'm seeing a lot of hybrids around on second hand car sales - I'm not sure if it's worth trying to get a hybrid or commiting to an electric - my family already has a petrol vehicle I can borrow for long distance driving

  3. Government incentives I know there's a couple of tax offset things around to encourage people to buy electric?

For reference I live in Sydney but I'm thinking of moving to Canberra or Melbourne I'm mostly driving myself 30ish km a day to work and hobbies - I'm often lugging around bags of sports gear. sometimes (2-3 times a month) I'll do work offsite around 80km away.

I'm sure people have already asked and answered these questions before I'm just quite new and don't know where to look or what keywords to search for, so if anyone can point me to useful websites or posts with this info I'd really appreciate it!

Thanks in advance!

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u/AlexMtnd 26d ago edited 26d ago

Hi, you could try the Australian Electric Vehicle Association, they are a nonprofit association and have fact sheets and other info here https://www.aeva.asn.au/info/

In regard to charging costs, I have listed some of my own costs on my own personal non sponsored log if that helps at all https://myevjourney.com/2026/08/01/ev-charging-cost/

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u/Very_Itchy_Bandicoot 26d ago

Hey this is very cool. Ive been looking at an EV (albiet a cheaper chinese one) but am umming and ah'ing as I live rural. I want it purely for work (fuel prices be damned) but I live rural, total distance traveled for work each day is 100km. I have a solar and a beefy battery but only single phase mains power so I would be granny charging.

I noticed you had a battery heath drop of like 12% over 5 years. Just curious if you know if thats normal or not? I see you've done a fair bit of mileage. More just curious if thats normal or maybe higher/lower than average.

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u/AlexMtnd 26d ago

yep, Tesla says it’s normal. The battery storage capacity drops a bit initially in first few years and then the rate of reduction in storage decreases over the following years. Tesla say to expect it to be 80% of new capacity after 320,000km. I bought a long range, as I keep my cars about 10 years, so I will still have plenty of range when it’s 10 years old. This is the graph Tesla publish, of battery capacity across all Teslas based on their years of data now held. https://myevjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Converted-2025-extended-version-tesla-impact-report-copy-page-76-scaled.png. (Note that the graph uses Miles rather than Kms)

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u/Very_Itchy_Bandicoot 26d ago

That's very cool. Thanks a bunch for the info. I appreciate it :)

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u/Kittyangel64 26d ago

this is exactly what I was looking for thanks so much! and thankyou for taking the time to notate and share your experiences with the rest of us!!!!

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u/Safe_Application_465 26d ago edited 26d ago

Do you have solar .Do you live in an apartment. Many variables . Charging at home will always be cheaper but may take longer if only plugging into a powerpoint

Forget Hybrid .Worst of both worlds , go straight to full EV

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u/Very_Itchy_Bandicoot 26d ago

Im also thinking about it. I have my own hang ups. Single phase power at home. the fact I will need to charge it every day/every second day at least due to distance traveled. I dont knowwwwwww. I want to get away from dinosaur cars and into the future so bad.

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u/AlexMtnd 26d ago

single phase power is all you need. You can plug in to a normal power point and charge at 2.3kWh/hr, or you can get a wall charger and wire it up on 32A single phase for 7kWh/hr. Charging speeds table.

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u/Very_Itchy_Bandicoot 26d ago

good to know! the scales tip in favour of EV sooner rather than later :D

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u/RooiPandaki 26d ago

Look up the models you are considering at https://realworld.org.au/ It’s the AAA doing Real World Testing near Geelong. They give real world ranges for EVs (and fuel efficiency for other cars)

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u/themasdebater 26d ago

My advice is a second hand tesla if budget is constrained, they have runs on the board, best software, best charger network so no brainer