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[Whammy Bar]

Did some truck shit last week. Bought a Bobcat, so a quick 15 hour round trip trip from LA to Vegas towing an empty trailer out, and a Bobkitten back.

1.4 miles per kW average @ 60 mph
656 miles
106 degrees
4 charging stops (2 EA 2 Tesla)
8 Tesla chargers blocked by trailer
1 Burrito eaten
0 Blue Cruise miles

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[K6CCC]

Just curious where the charging stops were. I'm guessing the EA in Baker was two of them.

 

[Whammy Bar]

Just curious where the charging stops were. I'm guessing the EA in Baker was two of them.

EA in Baker was, I was lusting after the Tesla chargers there that are locked to Tesla only. In the AM, EA was a breeze with 12 of 12 operational stalls and 178kw charge rate. On the return leg, 6 of 12 chargers were offline, and there was a line of 12 people. But at 8% I was stuck. Was only feeding 70kw too, so it took me a full hour to get enough to get over the hill to Yermo's Tesla charger.

The other stop was Tesla right off the 146 before you go into Vegas. It's on the side of the M hotel they're building.

On the way back, I bypassed this one and charged at Tesla Yermo off Sunrise. Mis Pinches Tacos has some legit Al pastor burritos.

 

[K6CCC]

In the AM, EA was a breeze with 12 of 12 operational stalls and 178kw charge rate. On the return leg, 6 of 12 chargers were offline, and there was a line of 12 people. But at 8% I was stuck. Was only feeding 70kw too, so it took me a full hour to get enough to get over the hill to Yermo's Tesla charger.

That sucks. When I was there a month or so ago, one stall was down and when I arrived there were two idle chargers. I charged from 34 - 90 % for 73 KWH in 44 minutes for an average of 99.55 W rate and it started a little over 180 KW. Of course it slowed way down at 80%. Yes, it would be VERY nice if the Baker SuperCharger was opened up to us.

 

[Whammy Bar]

That sucks. When I was there a month or so ago, one stall was down and when I arrived there were two idle chargers. I charged from 34 - 90 % for 73 KWH in 44 minutes for an average of 99.55 W rate and it started a little over 180 KW. Of course it slowed way down at 80%. Yes, it would be VERY nice if the Baker SuperCharger was opened up to us.

I altered my plans based on how good the experience was in the morning. That f'ed me in the A on my return leg and added 2 hours at that single charging stop. Never again.

Each Tesla charger charged at 125-150kw and was at maybe 20% occupancy. Also, Tesla was $.45 / kW. EA was $.72

 

[MrLoganRoss]

Just another day at the weekend warrior office!

 

[K6CCC]

I altered my plans based on how good the experience was in the morning. That f'ed me in the A on my return leg and added 2 hours at that single charging stop. Never again.

I also changed my plan on my desert trip, but I knew about the change two days before the trip. I had planned on using the EA charger at Fenner (on I-40), but in my bad timing, EA took that station down to replace the chargers two days before my trip. The change was to drive into Needles to charge at a SuperCharger. Cheapest price I have paid for fast charging too - $0.26 / KWH with a Tesla subscription.

Each Tesla charger charged at 125-150kw and was at maybe 20% occupancy. Also, Tesla was $.45 / kW. EA was $.72

That's also my observation - Tesla has FAR better availability and is always less expensive (comparing non-subscription prices). I did pay for an EA subscription for that one charge session (yes it paid for itself), but cancelled after the trip. I do use Tesla enough that I so far am maintaining a Tesla subscription.

 

[Vulnox]

I had this in a separate thread but forgot about this main one. Lots of mulch. I don't have a pic but thought I did but about a week after I got it we installed a couple arborvitae's as well and they were a good size.

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