CMYK4Life
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My family and friends are sick of my EV talk. This is the only place I can go!
I am really excited to take my 22 month old son to see my dad/grandpa who lives approx 55 miles away.
I want to do this to prove to my self and others that a trip like this is no big deal - routine.
I planned my route tonight letting the car's GPS to pick the 'eco route'. Country-two lane roads mainly. Roads I have never been on which is kind of neat because I have lived in this great state all of my life and never traveled them...
After reviewing the route I think I planned way too much time for charging at grandpas; another good thing.
I also look forward to stretching the range of this car this summer and learning how to plan trips to all 3 of my sons grandparents in all 4 seasons. Id love to stop at a charging station in one of the suburban cities for lunch. Michigan area is thin on charging stations but once this hits.. its going to boom.
UPDATE:
I drove a total of 111 miles. Left the house at 9:30am 100% charge, drove 52 miles or so 30% charge, drove a few miles giving my family a ride showing it off a little, charged 6 hours using Level 1 from an outlet in the garage, headed home at 60% charge, made it home 5 miles after low battery warning rolling in the driveway at 12% 7:15pm. No turtle mode; some hyper-mileing in the beginning to be on the safe side. Drove at slightly above posted speeds in the presence of other cars. I plan on doing this round trip many more times this summer. The destination is a lake property and we spend several hours on the lake each time we go; often spending the night, so 6+ hours of my car sitting there charging is no big deal.
I am really excited to take my 22 month old son to see my dad/grandpa who lives approx 55 miles away.
I want to do this to prove to my self and others that a trip like this is no big deal - routine.
I planned my route tonight letting the car's GPS to pick the 'eco route'. Country-two lane roads mainly. Roads I have never been on which is kind of neat because I have lived in this great state all of my life and never traveled them...
After reviewing the route I think I planned way too much time for charging at grandpas; another good thing.
I also look forward to stretching the range of this car this summer and learning how to plan trips to all 3 of my sons grandparents in all 4 seasons. Id love to stop at a charging station in one of the suburban cities for lunch. Michigan area is thin on charging stations but once this hits.. its going to boom.
UPDATE:
I drove a total of 111 miles. Left the house at 9:30am 100% charge, drove 52 miles or so 30% charge, drove a few miles giving my family a ride showing it off a little, charged 6 hours using Level 1 from an outlet in the garage, headed home at 60% charge, made it home 5 miles after low battery warning rolling in the driveway at 12% 7:15pm. No turtle mode; some hyper-mileing in the beginning to be on the safe side. Drove at slightly above posted speeds in the presence of other cars. I plan on doing this round trip many more times this summer. The destination is a lake property and we spend several hours on the lake each time we go; often spending the night, so 6+ hours of my car sitting there charging is no big deal.