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Drove from Houston to San Diego, using Electrify America chargers. My EV6 supports the fastest charging speeds, so most stops were less than 20 minutes.
by bdcravens 4y ago
Drove from Houston to San Diego, using Electrify America chargers. My EV6 supports the fastest charging speeds, so most stops were less than 20 minutes.
- MBCook 4y agoThere you go. I knew they Cayenne was fast, but it’s not exactly affordable. I know my car, the Mach E, is one of the slowest. And it’s not terrible. So it goes. The bigger problem right now seems to be charger maintenance/reliability. But as more people use them and more stations get installed I’m hoping it will improve.
- bdcravens 4y agoYes, at almost every single stop there was at least one charging stall out of service. Many stations were small, in the little tiny towns along the freeway, with only 4 stalls. I did speak to an EA contractor at one - he said that EA will consider it an emergency, with a technician sent out immediately, only if every stall is out of service.
- kylehotchkiss 4y agoHow was climbing into the mountains? Did the range start to dip suddenly?
- bdcravens 4y agoThere was a drop, but it wasn't any worse that open freeways at full speed. Higher speeds mean more air resistance, and the mountains tended to be slower speeds. When I hit the steep declines, regen counteracted a lot of the lost efficiency from climbing. I was probably seeing 2.0-2.3M/KWh both on the freeway and the mountains (I get around 3.8-4.0 in typical Houston driving)