First Long Trip?

[J5hort]

Up until now, our MME duty has been around town and basic cummuting type trips. Zero range anxiety. This weekend I am planning a 100+ mile trip out to Western MA (from South Easter MA) and will be returning Sunday night/Monday morning (so 200+ roundtrip). There will likely be little driving between trip out and back. I have the following at my disposal. 110v charging at in-laws (siblings), ChargePoint EV charging station at local high school, Many currently free PlugShare EV chargers at a nearby casino. I'm sure there will be many other locations pointed out to us as we navigate. I have a standard battery AWD MME.

So, just looking for any pointers on the practice/experience of a long trip. This is somewhat of an experimental trip to learn about greater distance use of the technology and to become familiar with charging in the wild. Up until now it has been charged only in the garage at home. Any ideas for the trip... ths may be a bit if a culture shock and I want to prepare for any pitfalls, misconceptions, etc.

Sponsored

 

[timbop]

I highly recommend abetterrouteplanner.com and plugshare.com; they are extremely helpful for planning trips and finding chargers. Fordpass can sometimes miss chargers, so I like abrp for planning a trip and plugshare for finding level 2 chargers at hotels, etc.

In general DC fast chargers are preferred, followed by Level2 chargers, and as a last resort your 110VAC mobile charger.

 

[J5hort]

I highly recommend abetterrouteplanner.com and plugshare.com; they are extremely helpful for planning trips and finding chargers. Fordpass can sometimes miss chargers, so I like abrp for planning a trip and plugshare for finding level 2 chargers at hotels, etc.

In general DC fast chargers are preferred, followed by Level2 chargers, and as a last resort your 110VAC mobile charger.

Cool. I have plugshare, but was unaware of abrp.

 

[connoisseurr]

I trust Plugshare more than any other service currently available. The P2P update process for advertising functioning status of each charger is super helpful.

 

[theo1000]

Along with the other suggestions...

ABC. Always Be Charging. Put it on the 110 volt and charge overnight. You never know when an extra 30 miles will prove handy.

 

[TruWrecks]

I recently took my 4X on a 4200 mile trip that lasted 10 days. Only got below 10% battery going through Death Valley.

One thing I noticed is the Garmin powered Ford navigation was actually pretty good a charger planning. I Only had to make corrections a few times on the trip.

Always under estimate your range. That way you will always have more battery than you need. Also try to charge near your destination before you get there. Charging after driving a few hours will get smoother charging because the car will have time to warm or cool the battery packs as you drive it. Otherwise the car will chance running the battery cooler or heater while plugged in to L1/L2 and most of the current will go towards conditioning and not the battery.

Sponsored