Trip from Jefferson City, MO to Humboldt, IA. Pretty good long trip. Trip took place December 25th-December 26th
Left Jefferson City, MO at 20:45 at 100% and arrived at Columbia, MO at 21:45 with 61% 36 miles.
Charged at Nissan dealership
Left Columbia at 23:30 at 100% and arrived at La Pata, MO in turtle mode after 77 miles. Charged to 100% (overslept)
Charged at Hotel
Left La Pata, MO at 06:45 at 100% and arrived at Ottumwa, IA with 13% after 84 miles at 09:30. Charged to 73% and left at 11:30.
Charged at RV dealership after the campground was closed (Had called a week before and the person that works there said they'd be open). They charged me $21.40 to charge there (they were trying to charge me $100 dollars.
Left Ottumwa, IA at 11:30 at 73% and arrived at Oskaloosa, IA with 40% after 30 miles at 12:00. Charged to 100% and left at 14:15.
Charged at Tesla Owner's home. Very nice guy by the way and very much appreciate him allowing us to wait inside his home.
Left Oskaloosa at 14:15 at 100% and arrived in Des Moines, IA at 16:00 with 13% after 73 miles. Left at 18:45 with 80% and arrived in Boxholm, IA with 18% at 20:30.
We attempted to charge at Don Williams State park nearby but it was closed. Called Nissan to have us towed to Humboldt. It wasn't until the next day that I realized we were within 10 miles of the Campground we are going to charge at on the way back. Big mistake but what can you do.
21:30 tow truck arrived and towed us to Humboldt where we arrived at around 22:30 or 23:00.
Overall it was a not so bad trip and learned alot. Pushed the leaf to go 84 miles on a charge by going 45mph top speed. Most of the trip top speed was limited to 50mph (other than coasting faster of course). Having said all of this I don't plan to do this type of marathon in a leaf ever again. Too time consuming. I would recommend against others trying to do this while relying on Level 2 charging. I also learned that not all level 2 chargers charge the same (knew this before but didn't realize it could be such extreme differences). Clipper Creek charging stations at Kum and Go charge very slowly...might be limited to 20amps. It took about 3 hours to charge to 73%. Aerovironment EVSE or Chargepoint charging stations would have had me 90-95% after 3 hours. Very disappointed in this but it's a lesson learned. Don't charge at Clipper Creek unless it's the only one around. I had a Chargepoint station less than a mile away that I could have used had I known this.
After doing these 2 long trips I've learned that I will be wanting to get a Tesla (Model E?) as soon as they are available. In a Tesla even with the smaller 60 KWH battery this would have been a piece of cake. I could have drove to Kansas City from Treynor, IA and sat for 30 mins while it charged at a supercharger. Then proceeded to Jefferson City, MO without any more stops. Then I could have drove from Jefferson City, MO to La Pata, MO and charged overnight. Then drove from La Pata, MO to Des Moines, IA. Stopped there for 30 mins at a supercharger. Then drove the rest of the way to Humboldt, IA. Needless to say unless Nissan changes things significantly in the next few years I can see alot of us owners jumping ship to a Tesla.
Edit: Added date