'As close as you'll get to free': Tasmanian couple take road trip to Sydney in electric car for $43.38

Sydney to Melbourne in a petrol car would have cost over $150 but was just $12.74 in 'short-range, second-hand EV'Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingWhen Sharee McCammon and her partner set out for Sydney on a road trip the price of petrol in cities along the east coast had spiked to more than $2 a litre.But the couple made the 2,751km journey from their home in Huonville, south of Hobart, for the total fuel cost of $43.38.Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading...