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... 180 miles each way (95% motorway) there and back, to pick up my mum for Christmas.
1. First leg in daylight, no lights (mostly), no Heating (AC intermittently on and off to clear condensation - more on that later), Eco Kers 3, kept just under 60 mph, with ACC, got 4+ miles/kWh, very pleased with that. Had to stop at services near destination to top up as I was coming straight back. Very busy, no spaces at the 2 gridserve chargers (which can only charge 1 car at a time even though there are 2 CCS cables per unit - nuts!). Eventually got to charge! back up to 80%, and continued to destination.
2. Second leg, now dark, very cold, lights on, heater on (mum complaining of cold) + AC still needed on and off for condensation issue, Eco Kers 3, still kept it just under 60 mph with ACC, realised I wasn't going to make it all the way home, tried and failed at services to find a free charger (who knew it would be busy at Christmas
) had to go off-route at 20% to find a rapid charger and top-up to just over 50% (to be totally safe). Got a bit over 3.5 miles/kWh and got home with about 35% battery in the end.
Quite a steep learning curve for this newbie. Lessons learned:
Infrastructure sucks, don't expect to get on a rapid at services during sociable hours on the busiest day of the year (I know!).
Damn these EVs steam up.
Heater eats the battery, AC eats the battery (see above).
Don't leave it until you're down to 20% on the motorway to try and find a rapid charger - I got lucky that I found 4 just off the motorway (at a 24hr MacDonalds of all places - instavolt) but I couldn't get 3 out of the 4 to accept my contactless bank card (in spite of the very nice helpline man who was very patient with me as I had a bit of a meltdown - I'd been up since 7am!), fortunately the final one worked, thank god (or should that be thank grid!), otherwise I'd still be there.
Tips for keeping the 'Steamy Windows' at bay, or any other ideas to make my transition into an EV grand master, gratefully appreciated
1. First leg in daylight, no lights (mostly), no Heating (AC intermittently on and off to clear condensation - more on that later), Eco Kers 3, kept just under 60 mph, with ACC, got 4+ miles/kWh, very pleased with that. Had to stop at services near destination to top up as I was coming straight back. Very busy, no spaces at the 2 gridserve chargers (which can only charge 1 car at a time even though there are 2 CCS cables per unit - nuts!). Eventually got to charge! back up to 80%, and continued to destination.
2. Second leg, now dark, very cold, lights on, heater on (mum complaining of cold) + AC still needed on and off for condensation issue, Eco Kers 3, still kept it just under 60 mph with ACC, realised I wasn't going to make it all the way home, tried and failed at services to find a free charger (who knew it would be busy at Christmas
) had to go off-route at 20% to find a rapid charger and top-up to just over 50% (to be totally safe). Got a bit over 3.5 miles/kWh and got home with about 35% battery in the end.Quite a steep learning curve for this newbie. Lessons learned:
Infrastructure sucks, don't expect to get on a rapid at services during sociable hours on the busiest day of the year (I know!).
Damn these EVs steam up.
Heater eats the battery, AC eats the battery (see above).
Don't leave it until you're down to 20% on the motorway to try and find a rapid charger - I got lucky that I found 4 just off the motorway (at a 24hr MacDonalds of all places - instavolt) but I couldn't get 3 out of the 4 to accept my contactless bank card (in spite of the very nice helpline man who was very patient with me as I had a bit of a meltdown - I'd been up since 7am!), fortunately the final one worked, thank god (or should that be thank grid!), otherwise I'd still be there.
Tips for keeping the 'Steamy Windows' at bay, or any other ideas to make my transition into an EV grand master, gratefully appreciated
