aardee
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Just completed a wonderful 1000+ miles roadtrip from HHI, SC - (NC-VA-DC-MD-PA-NJ-NY-CT) - Boston, MA in our black Lucid Air Pure with 19" wheels.
First quick observations about the range:
It certainly took a little bit of planning - with the ICE, you can just drive. With the EV, I did spent sometime before hand to ensure that I was pushing limits without getting stranded.
Looking forward to our next trip.
First quick observations about the range:
- On 100% SOC, I have learnt to expect about 335-345 miles in perfect conditions.
- Temperature below 50F impacts efficiency.
- Wind and rain impacts the efficiency.
- Our first stop was Walmart in Lumberton, NC about 240 miles away. It was a cloudy day with little headwind. Our efficiency was about 3.2KwH - lower that what I was expecting. We were doing 75mph mostly on highway. We reached Lumberton with about 30% SOC. EA 350 Charger was available and provided a decent start 175kW. We found Panera nearby, so decided to charge to about 95%. Took us about 50 minutes.
- Our next stop was in Emporia, VA about 175miles away. We reached there with 43% SOC. We got a 150kW charger - We started with 145kW and added 186 miles (86%) in 30 minutes. We found a starbucks just across the walmart plaza.
- Our next, overnight halt was in Maryland about 200 miles away. We made it there with 25% SOC.
- We left Maryland with 100% SOC - to get to Boston about 475 miles away. I planned just 1 charging stop in Lener Denville Square on Rt. 80 in NJ - about 260 miles away. We managed to get there with about 16% SOC or 65miles to spare. Temperature was around 40F. The efficiency was around 3.3/3.4 resulting into little less range than expected. We drove on Rt 15, Rt. 78 and Rt. 278 which has hills along the way - that may have impacted the efficiency as well.
This place has four 150kW charger. We had to wait for 5 minutes to get the charger but when it opened up, it worked as expected - starting at 145kW. Starbucks around the corner provided the needed coffee break.
We added 305 miles in 50 minutes (charged to 88%) - Our destination was another 230 miles from this location. We reached home with 75 miles to spare.
It certainly took a little bit of planning - with the ICE, you can just drive. With the EV, I did spent sometime before hand to ensure that I was pushing limits without getting stranded.
Looking forward to our next trip.