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Last week found myself in Palm Beach with my hybrid mini. Driving down was almost out of gas but thought, I'll just get there, meet my partner and buy gas later
by xrd 4y ago
Last week found myself in Palm Beach with my hybrid mini. Driving down was almost out of gas but thought, I'll just get there, meet my partner and buy gas later.
Next day found a place to charge but only have 17 miles on a good day. But assumed that would be enough to get me to a gas station.
But the gas shortages because of flooding in port everglades extended even up to Palm Beach. They only got four inches of rain not the two plus feet that they got in Miami and no flooding. But, still were affected. I went to a dozen gas stations and called a few, and they had no clue when they would have gas.
We circled around different charging stations within ten or fifteen miles heading north. It was crazy.
We checked again a few hours later and there was a station that had gas.
Feels like climate change might make it complicated for both EV only and gas only. Hybrid seems like the right option but even that was complicated. My mini doesn't use the same plugs as the Tesla chargers. Oh well.
- anecdotal1 4y agoGet a TeslaTap. I used one with my Leaf so I could charge off my Tesla charger at home. http://www.umc-j1772.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=50 http://www.umc-j1772.com/index.php?route=product/product&pro... When I sold my Leaf and moved across the country I gave mine to a guy charging his Leaf near a supercharger. He was so excited
- cypherpunks01 4y agoCan he use this at the Supercharger? I didn't think that was possible.
- xrd 4y agoIt says no, but this is still really useful. We got multiple chargers that didn't work because of the plug, not the voltage.
- anecdotal1 4y agoNo, but allegedly if you get two adapters you can use a supercharger for free (with a Tesla) You need a Tesla to CCS2, and then a CCS2 back to Tesla. I've only seen videos of this, haven't had the opportunity to test myself. Makes me wonder what could be done to trick it into charging another EV for free.