ClevelandBeemer
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Last weekend, I completed a road trip from Cleveland, Ohio, to Indianapolis for the IMSA 6 Hour at the Bricks.
I started the trip at 100%, which allowed me to make it to Indy with only a 19-minute charging stop. Once at Indy, I was able to use my 12% of charge to get around for two days.
The evening before leaving, I hit up a Tesla Supercharger and was reminded yet again how bad the chargers thermal throttle due to cable temps. It took 44 minutes to go from 9% to 80%.
The trip back was a bit slower due to super heavy rain slowing speeds down to 50 mph at times. Because I left Indy with ~78%, my charging stop was a bit longer. Still, I was able to go from Indy to almost Mansfield before charging. I did get pretty low SoC arriving at the EVgo Charger at 5%. I was a bit uneasy going that low, but so far, using battery percentage to determine range seems to be working. I was able to make it home without charging again, arriving with 4% SoC.
All in all, a successful road trip. I traveled with a buddy that’s never done a road trip in an EV. Overall, he said he was impressed and that it’s nowhere near as slow or as stressful as some on social media would lead you to think. IMSA action at Indy was awesome and gave us an up-close experience with the new Corvette ZR1X.
I started the trip at 100%, which allowed me to make it to Indy with only a 19-minute charging stop. Once at Indy, I was able to use my 12% of charge to get around for two days.
The evening before leaving, I hit up a Tesla Supercharger and was reminded yet again how bad the chargers thermal throttle due to cable temps. It took 44 minutes to go from 9% to 80%.
The trip back was a bit slower due to super heavy rain slowing speeds down to 50 mph at times. Because I left Indy with ~78%, my charging stop was a bit longer. Still, I was able to go from Indy to almost Mansfield before charging. I did get pretty low SoC arriving at the EVgo Charger at 5%. I was a bit uneasy going that low, but so far, using battery percentage to determine range seems to be working. I was able to make it home without charging again, arriving with 4% SoC.
All in all, a successful road trip. I traveled with a buddy that’s never done a road trip in an EV. Overall, he said he was impressed and that it’s nowhere near as slow or as stressful as some on social media would lead you to think. IMSA action at Indy was awesome and gave us an up-close experience with the new Corvette ZR1X.
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