Arizona

[blueice89]

I had no traffic smooth driving after quartzsite

 

[blueice89]

Once you pass by buckeye you are pretty safe cause there are chargers almost every 30-50 miles at that point

 

[EVCar]

Once you pass by buckeye you are pretty safe cause there are chargers almost every 30-50 miles at that point

Yep, back to civilization after Buckeye.

 

[EVCar]

We should organize a road trip to California for the AZ Governor and the Head of Transportation in a low-range EV so they can have deeper appreciation of the abysmal charging infrastructures in this part of the state

 

[BS8899]

I think that is the consensus. Once, I had to skip Quartzsite due to the exit being closed. The other time there were too many car

Yep, back to civilization after Buckeye.

I drive from AZ (Phoenix area) to CA (Marin County) frequently. On my outbound from AZ, I'd charge to 100% SoC, stop at Quartzsite to recharge to 80% SoC, and will get me to LA proper. Since I travel mostly at night, the Quartzsite EA chargers are not crowded and they seem to work fine on my trips. Alternately, there are multiple chargers in the Indio area.
Starting with 100% SoC, I can also get to San Bernadino (driving at speed limit, AGT-19"), charge to 80% SoC, and then get onto I-210/I-5, charge again at Buttonwillow or Harris Ranch. That should get me back to Marin County (780 miles).

 

[Pwmac]

If coming from Arizona side I would top off at buckeye or whatever is last charger out of town. Charge to 95 buckeye and drive direct to Indian Wells sprouts

In Indio/Indian Wells you recommend the EA at sprouts over the ones at Walmart? I tried to make it from Indio Walmart back to phx with 95% in July when it was super hot but was down to around 45% by quartzite and got nervous and stopped. It was 8am when I got there and only 1 other car so there wasn't a line like usual.

 

[BS8899]

In Indio/Indian Wells you recommend the EA at sprouts over the ones at Walmart? I tried to make it from Indio Walmart back to phx with 95% in July when it was super hot but was down to around 45% by quartzite and got nervous and stopped. It was 8am when I got there and only 1 other car so there wasn't a line like usual.

In Indio/Indian Wells you recommend the EA at sprouts over the ones at Walmart? I tried to make it from Indio Walmart back to phx with 95% in July when it was super hot but was down to around 45% by quartzite and got nervous and stopped. It was 8am when I got there and only 1 other car so there wasn't a line like usual.

45% SoC on a GT should still be able to get you back to Buckeye, as log as you keep the speed modest.

The EA station in Palm Spring is old and problematic. It is150kW and difficult to connect/authenticate. In Indian Wells, I've only used EA in Walmart.

 

[Bunnylebowski]

Cathedral city EVGo is the way to go for Palm Springs, ignore that awful EA at Cabazon outlets.

 

[BS8899]

Cathedral city EVGo is the way to go for Palm Springs, ignore that awful EA at Cabazon outlets.

Avoid Cabazon at all cost. Crappy chargers. Always full of people. Both @bunylebowski and I experienced people leaving their EVs plugged in and went shopping at the outlet mall. The spaces for EVs are tiny. And there are no organized queue for charging. It was pandemonium! During one charging session, the charger informed me that power was being throttled. My entire charging session was well below 60kW! DON'T GO TO CABAZON EA!!