branflakes104
Member
Considering a 365 Mile single day road trip. Longest single day trip I've taken. Furthest trip I've taken is 171 miles from Gadsden AL to Buford GA on the day I picked the up my LEAF and that was done in the Winter. I've never even been on a road trip in the wife's LEAF. If I take the LEAF I'd be driving from Buford, GA to my parents house near Tracy City, TN and back. Usually for this trip I would take the Routan but I'm just dropping my oldest two children for a week at Grandma's house before school starts. Essentially this would be a free trip because all my charging stops are in the no charge to charge program. I'm not concerned with range between charges. My furthest run is 57.4 miles and I do 50 miles daily because I commute from Buford to Marietta daily. I normally arrive home with a state of charge somewhere in the 30's. I have alternate charge points planned out if my primary charging points are out of order or I end up slightly short. What I'm concerned about is 6 level 3 charges in the expected 95 degree Georgia/Tennessee heat! I don't do it often but when I do fast charge it makes the battery get hot quick! I'm looking for thoughts on if the batteries can take the heat. I know my LEAF goes up to 7 sometimes even 8 bars after level 2 charging and running the 50 miles home in 95 to 100 degree heat in the afternoon. I'm also trying to consider the elevation changes going up into the mountains. Especially the last little bit as I climb the several mile 7% grade up the Cumberland Plateau. I have a 12 bar leaf with my normal DTE showing around 80 miles at 100% charge. On my normal commute I average about 3.9 KW/H per mile and I just keep up with Atlanta traffic usually capping my speed at 75 and the A/C set to 70. For this trip I plan on capping my speed at 65 and running the A/C at about 73 degrees. I'm aware that my speed will likely be more consistent on the higher end of the spectrum once I leave the Atlanta metro so I'm dropping my speed to compensate. Might even drop my speed a slight bit more if deemed necessary.
I'm including my planned primary charging locations. Maybe some locals can give good intel as to the state of these chargers or someone who has actually made the run from Atlanta to Chattanooga and back may be able to give me some good insight.
Thanks,
Brandon
Origin
Near Mall of GA Buford, GA
Stop 1 (Level 3)
Town Center at Cobb
400 Ernest W Barrett Parkway NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144
44.9 Miles
Cost: Free (No Charge to Charge)
Stop 2 (Level 3)
Calhoun Premium Outlets
455 Belwood Rd, Calhoun, GA 30701
42.9 Miles
Cost: Free (No Charge to Charge)
Stop 3 (Level 3)
Hampton Inn
74 Starview Ln, Chattanooga, TN 37419
57.4 Miles
Cost: Free (No Charge to Charge)
Stop 4 (Level 1 Approx 3 to 4 Hours)
Destination
Near Tracy City, TN
36.7 Miles
Cost: Free
Stop 5 (Level 3)
Hampton Inn
74 Starview Ln, Chattanooga, TN 37419
36.1 Miles
Cost: Free (No Charge to Charge)
Stop 6 (Level 3)
Calhoun Premium Outlets
455 Belwood Rd, Calhoun, GA 30701
56.8 Miles
Cost: Free (No Charge to Charge)
Stop 7 (Level 3)
Town Center at Cobb
400 Ernest W Barrett Parkway NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144
43.3 Miles
Cost: Free (No Charge to Charge)
Stop 8 (Final Destiation)
Near Mall of Georgia
Buford, GA
47.2 Miles
Home Level 2 Charging
I'm including my planned primary charging locations. Maybe some locals can give good intel as to the state of these chargers or someone who has actually made the run from Atlanta to Chattanooga and back may be able to give me some good insight.
Thanks,
Brandon
Origin
Near Mall of GA Buford, GA
Stop 1 (Level 3)
Town Center at Cobb
400 Ernest W Barrett Parkway NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144
44.9 Miles
Cost: Free (No Charge to Charge)
Stop 2 (Level 3)
Calhoun Premium Outlets
455 Belwood Rd, Calhoun, GA 30701
42.9 Miles
Cost: Free (No Charge to Charge)
Stop 3 (Level 3)
Hampton Inn
74 Starview Ln, Chattanooga, TN 37419
57.4 Miles
Cost: Free (No Charge to Charge)
Stop 4 (Level 1 Approx 3 to 4 Hours)
Destination
Near Tracy City, TN
36.7 Miles
Cost: Free
Stop 5 (Level 3)
Hampton Inn
74 Starview Ln, Chattanooga, TN 37419
36.1 Miles
Cost: Free (No Charge to Charge)
Stop 6 (Level 3)
Calhoun Premium Outlets
455 Belwood Rd, Calhoun, GA 30701
56.8 Miles
Cost: Free (No Charge to Charge)
Stop 7 (Level 3)
Town Center at Cobb
400 Ernest W Barrett Parkway NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144
43.3 Miles
Cost: Free (No Charge to Charge)
Stop 8 (Final Destiation)
Near Mall of Georgia
Buford, GA
47.2 Miles
Home Level 2 Charging