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Andrew Chesterton
Contributing Journalist
16 Aug 2024
4 min read

I’ve now handed back my Nissan Qashqai Ti e-Power after three motoring months, and swapped it for a weekend behind the wheel of an EV. And there were times I craved a return to ICE-assisted electricity.

See, I found myself heading down to a place on the south coast of NSW, some 2.5 hours from Sydney, and my EV charging plan was impeccable. Drive down, slow charge from the house’s electricity, drive back, done.

But my best laid plans were foiled by fly screens that simply refused to budge, meaning I couldn’t draw power from the house. Next stop was a two-hour visit to the nearest town just to take on enough charge to make it halfway back to Sydney, where another 30-minute stop at a DC fast-charger got me home, albeit about 45min later than I would have liked.

Read the full Nissan Qashqai 2024 review: Ti e-Power long-term | Part 3.