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Did a quick, 800 mile road trip to ABQ to visit with the Spawn, relax in the nearby hot springs, and back the next morning.
There are so many more fast chargers on the I-40 than the least year, it's fantastic. It's almost as embarrassment of riches.
The day before our trip, we charged to 100% while the sun was shining.
After 200 miles and 63% of the battery drawn down, we needed to stop, use the restroom, and take a quick walk. We stopped at a GM/EVGo charging station colocated with a Flying J truck stop. The charger is expensive, but the restrooms are clean. And the charge rate is great. After 21 minutes, we were ready to go, the truck was at 69%, which was plenty to get us to ABQ
Next we stopped at a Walmart in ABQ to get a quick restroom break and a quick charge.
We picked up the kids and headed to the Jemez hot springs for the rest of the afternoon.
After dinner, we dropped them off and went to our hotel. There was no L2 charger--ABQ doesn't have very many lodging choices with L2 charging, which is annoying.
Next day we grabbed breakfast that happened to be next to an L2 charger, so we plugged in and got a small charge while eating. It wasn't much, but it was more than 0%. We left town with 45%.
We headed out on the highway. Our first stop was at the EA charger at Walmart in Grants to get a charge and make a restroom stop. We ended up doing some shopping as well. Left at 80%, which was more than I'd intended, but whatever.
The final charge stop was to try a new Rivian charger in Holbrook. Fast charger, gross restrooms, high price. Probably won't stop there again. Left with 51%, which was, again, more than necessary.
Got home with 15%.
Charging to 100% on solar: $0.00
Flying J / EVGo: $41.18
EA Plan+: $7.00
EA at Walmart in ABQ: $31.23
ChargePoint L2 in ABQ: $2.46
EA at Walmart in Grants: $47.07
Rivian: $23.46
Total for ~800 miles: $152.40
Total energy use: 258 kWh
Average efficiency: 3.1 miles/kWh
Elevation change (max - min): 7271 - 4844 = 2427 ft.
Total elevation change: 8993 ft
Max slope: 4.4%
We set our cruise speed to 72-75 mph on the freeway, but were also doing in-town driving and mountain/canyon twisty road driving.
In our Tacoma, this would have been about: $3.40/gallon * 800 miles / 16 mpg = $173.61
A couple years ago, the price for driving the Lightning would have been closer to $0.32/kWh * 258 kWh = $82.56.
If we had used only the cheaper EA chargers on this trip, it would have been $0.42*258=$108.36.
We chose the more expensive chargers to see where they are, how they work, how clean are the restrooms, etc. The Flying J is at a nearly-perfect distance between our home and ABQ, and the restrooms are clean, so we’ll probably stop there more often. The Rivian Adventure Network is in an awkward location, next to a Pizza Hut and Taco Bell with gross, gross restrooms, and is very expensive, so we will only use that if we really need a charge.
There are so many more fast chargers on the I-40 than the least year, it's fantastic. It's almost as embarrassment of riches.
The day before our trip, we charged to 100% while the sun was shining.
After 200 miles and 63% of the battery drawn down, we needed to stop, use the restroom, and take a quick walk. We stopped at a GM/EVGo charging station colocated with a Flying J truck stop. The charger is expensive, but the restrooms are clean. And the charge rate is great. After 21 minutes, we were ready to go, the truck was at 69%, which was plenty to get us to ABQ
Next we stopped at a Walmart in ABQ to get a quick restroom break and a quick charge.
We picked up the kids and headed to the Jemez hot springs for the rest of the afternoon.
After dinner, we dropped them off and went to our hotel. There was no L2 charger--ABQ doesn't have very many lodging choices with L2 charging, which is annoying.
Next day we grabbed breakfast that happened to be next to an L2 charger, so we plugged in and got a small charge while eating. It wasn't much, but it was more than 0%. We left town with 45%.
We headed out on the highway. Our first stop was at the EA charger at Walmart in Grants to get a charge and make a restroom stop. We ended up doing some shopping as well. Left at 80%, which was more than I'd intended, but whatever.
The final charge stop was to try a new Rivian charger in Holbrook. Fast charger, gross restrooms, high price. Probably won't stop there again. Left with 51%, which was, again, more than necessary.
Got home with 15%.
Charging to 100% on solar: $0.00
Flying J / EVGo: $41.18
EA Plan+: $7.00
EA at Walmart in ABQ: $31.23
ChargePoint L2 in ABQ: $2.46
EA at Walmart in Grants: $47.07
Rivian: $23.46
Total for ~800 miles: $152.40
Total energy use: 258 kWh
Average efficiency: 3.1 miles/kWh
Elevation change (max - min): 7271 - 4844 = 2427 ft.
Total elevation change: 8993 ft
Max slope: 4.4%
We set our cruise speed to 72-75 mph on the freeway, but were also doing in-town driving and mountain/canyon twisty road driving.
In our Tacoma, this would have been about: $3.40/gallon * 800 miles / 16 mpg = $173.61
A couple years ago, the price for driving the Lightning would have been closer to $0.32/kWh * 258 kWh = $82.56.
If we had used only the cheaper EA chargers on this trip, it would have been $0.42*258=$108.36.
We chose the more expensive chargers to see where they are, how they work, how clean are the restrooms, etc. The Flying J is at a nearly-perfect distance between our home and ABQ, and the restrooms are clean, so we’ll probably stop there more often. The Rivian Adventure Network is in an awkward location, next to a Pizza Hut and Taco Bell with gross, gross restrooms, and is very expensive, so we will only use that if we really need a charge.
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