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Ok. Seattle to Madison: https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=026855c9-03d6-4080-908e-f83937f3dca9 https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=026855c9-03d

by as-j 2y ago

Ok. Seattle to Madison: https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=026855c9-03d6-4080-908e-f83937f3dca9 https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=026855c9-03d6-408... Mt Shasta to sac: https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=a5a84688-8fbc-412f-9524-1cf9abd00895 https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=a5a84688-8fbc-412... For some reason I have initial charge set to 40%, but even then there’s several chargers in range. At recharges are quick going to 60% which means if consumption is higher you could charge for a free more minutes and easily get to 80%. Can you be more specific?

mingus88 2y ago
I have done the second drive a handful of times. The Anderson Rd and Airport Way Walmarts are your best bet for DCFC. When temps are above 110, which is at least a month of normal summer weather, you will be lucky to have 2/5 chargers operating at those sites. And they will be throttled to 30kW which is a pitiful fraction of the advertised 350kW rate EA didn’t install the transformers in the shade. They don’t work, period. This was my experience two summers in a row. Imagine having kids and a dog in your car for a road trip and having to park for over an hour in direct sunlight at 3pm while you squeeze enough charge to limp through the wastelands of NorCal. And I-5 is still your best route. I haven’t even tried the ride east through Idaho and Montana. In winter it will be much riskier and you have to put a lot more faith that the station is working as expected. The mountains and freezing temps will also add a huge variance to your estimated range. We stayed at Leavenworth,WA in a cabin and there were exactly two EA fast chargers at a Safeway on the mountain. Woke up one morning in 20 degree cold with 25% charge and wasn’t sure I could even make it

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Ok. Seattle to Madison: https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=026855c9-03d6-4080-908e-f83937f3dca9 https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=026855c9-03d

by as-j 2y ago

mingus88 2y ago
I have done the second drive a handful of times. The Anderson Rd and Airport Way Walmarts are your best bet for DCFC. When temps are above 110, which is at least a month of normal summer weather, you will be lucky to have 2/5 chargers operating at those sites. And they will be throttled to 30kW which is a pitiful fraction of the advertised 350kW rate EA didn’t install the transformers in the shade. They don’t work, period. This was my experience two summers in a row. Imagine having kids and a dog in your car for a road trip and having to park for over an hour in direct sunlight at 3pm while you squeeze enough charge to limp through the wastelands of NorCal. And I-5 is still your best route. I haven’t even tried the ride east through Idaho and Montana. In winter it will be much riskier and you have to put a lot more faith that the station is working as expected. The mountains and freezing temps will also add a huge variance to your estimated range. We stayed at Leavenworth,WA in a cabin and there were exactly two EA fast chargers at a Safeway on the mountain. Woke up one morning in 20 degree cold with 25% charge and wasn’t sure I could even make it