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Hi all,
Thought I'd post a summary of a rather long road trip I took (in my Model 3, since my Mach-E obviously hasn't arrived yet!).
In 16 days, I drove 6,200 miles across 12 states, with a total of 52 DC Fast Charging sessions, and a few hotel AC charges, but those were pretty rare and I'm not including them here since they were free.
Prior to the trip, I bought the Tesla CHAdeMO adapter, with the idea that I'd try out networks other than Tesla, and because one place in particular - Dinosaur, Colorado, was too far away from a Supercharger and I needed CHAdeMO to make the trip.
While Tesla hasn't put a Supercharger in Dinosaur, Chargepoint has
So, that said, here's the final results: 52 DCFC (32 Tesla Superchargers, 8 Chargepoint CHAdeMO, 8 Electrify America CHAdeMO, 2 Greenlots, etc. etc. )
From a cost perspective, averaging the costs of power delivered, including per kWh pricing where legal and time-based pricing elsewhere, Tesla comes out on top for the lowest cost/kWh, while ironically the most expensive charge was one single pay 7 kW J1772 AC charger which cost $22.24 for 31 kWh (time based), but was literally the only game in town (Cody, WY) and a the one "critical link" in the plan, so I had to pay what they asked.
As some on here know, ChargePoint allows the individual site operator to set their own pricing, so here's the per kWh price breakdown for the Chargepoint units I used - that Dinosaur one was the most expensive because they charged per kWh for energy AND per minute for "parking" even though it's in a gravel lot that was free...
As for charger reliability, there were two issues:
The session average charging speed for Tesla Superchargers was 76.5 kW over the entire session, for an average Supercharge session time of 24.1 minutes, delivering an average of 28 kWh, or about 125 miles of range.
I don't know if this was helpful, but I find EVs fun to road trip in, and I'm looking forward to getting to explore the CCS infrastructure with my Mach-E next!
I'm encouraged, even tourist traps have added DCFC this year. Hopefully a sign of the promising future of EV road trips to come!
I'm always looking forward to the next road trip
Thought I'd post a summary of a rather long road trip I took (in my Model 3, since my Mach-E obviously hasn't arrived yet!).
In 16 days, I drove 6,200 miles across 12 states, with a total of 52 DC Fast Charging sessions, and a few hotel AC charges, but those were pretty rare and I'm not including them here since they were free.
Prior to the trip, I bought the Tesla CHAdeMO adapter, with the idea that I'd try out networks other than Tesla, and because one place in particular - Dinosaur, Colorado, was too far away from a Supercharger and I needed CHAdeMO to make the trip.
While Tesla hasn't put a Supercharger in Dinosaur, Chargepoint has
So, that said, here's the final results: 52 DCFC (32 Tesla Superchargers, 8 Chargepoint CHAdeMO, 8 Electrify America CHAdeMO, 2 Greenlots, etc. etc. )
From a cost perspective, averaging the costs of power delivered, including per kWh pricing where legal and time-based pricing elsewhere, Tesla comes out on top for the lowest cost/kWh, while ironically the most expensive charge was one single pay 7 kW J1772 AC charger which cost $22.24 for 31 kWh (time based), but was literally the only game in town (Cody, WY) and a the one "critical link" in the plan, so I had to pay what they asked.
As some on here know, ChargePoint allows the individual site operator to set their own pricing, so here's the per kWh price breakdown for the Chargepoint units I used - that Dinosaur one was the most expensive because they charged per kWh for energy AND per minute for "parking" even though it's in a gravel lot that was free...
As for charger reliability, there were two issues:
- Rapid City, SD (Tesla) - one of the 4 Supercharger (V2) stalls was offline, the remaining 3 worked - the Tesla nav alerted me to this, was not a surprise.
- Colorado Springs, CO (Electrify America) - the single solitary CHAdeMO dispenser was offline, even thought the app said "ready" when I planned the stop. This one was a surprise, and not a good one that EA's chargers can report online and "ready" when in fact they're dead as a doornail. Not even a software glitch - totally turned off.
The session average charging speed for Tesla Superchargers was 76.5 kW over the entire session, for an average Supercharge session time of 24.1 minutes, delivering an average of 28 kWh, or about 125 miles of range.
I don't know if this was helpful, but I find EVs fun to road trip in, and I'm looking forward to getting to explore the CCS infrastructure with my Mach-E next!
I'm encouraged, even tourist traps have added DCFC this year. Hopefully a sign of the promising future of EV road trips to come!
I'm always looking forward to the next road trip