Yes the EV Charger in the outback is funny, the whole video is very silly but funny.
Yes a PHEV, not sure if UK is behind Australia or just an old brochure. The spec here is a 20kwh battery for 84km's of EV driving, upgraded from 13.8 in 2022. Also 0-100kph for PHEV model is 6.5 seconds. I test drove one and it feels very slow but it flashes up a warning signal that you are speeding so it gets going much quicker than it feels. I guess because I am used to small manual cars that are low to the ground.
I ordered one just over a year ago and I feel it will be pretty boring but it is very comfortable and I have been told not every car we own has to be fun
Hopefully my MGB is finished before the Outlander arrives.
I checked with the dealer last week and they said mine is at the Wharf in Japan ready to ship to Australia, probably be ready for me to own early October. That really depends on the wharf and where the ship has been, ships coming straight from Japan without Thailand cars onboard are fine otherwise it is a huge delay, Thailand has some nasty grass with lots of seeds that have got into cars parked waiting to ship that would be an environmental disaster if it got into the country, so Australia is making each car regardless of where it came from get thoroughly cleaned before the ship in unloaded if any cars on the ship came from Thailand. This article from March says 60,000 cars are on ships waiting just off shore to be cleaned before being allowed off the ships.
https://www.drive.com.au/news/quarantine-crisis-deepens-thousands-cars-stranded/This more recent article says about 3000 cars across the terminals and about 10 ships waiting off shore, that is probably less that 60,000 but still a lot of cars.
https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/the-car-quarantine-gridlock-continues-at-australias-ports
