One Day D.C. to Western PA (and back) in Winter

[petergottlieb]

I drove 392 miles round trip today from D.C. to western PA. Weather was lousy.

20 mph sustained crosswind
Rain and then snow
Temps started out around 50 but were below freezing by time I got to my destination.

All these things (and freeway driving) hobbled range. My whole trip average was 3.49 m/kwh (about 300 miles of real world range in my 25 Air Pure). But even so, I just needed to stop once to charge on the way back, pausing for 26 minutes / 56 kwh at a Sheetz/Electrify America combo that worked flawlessly and was right off the freeway in Bedford PA.

This was my first full day of long distance driving this car and it went well. I would even say it was boring. Everything worked right, the adaptive cruise and lane keeping kept down the workload of driving and the massaging seats made it easier to just keep driving than it might have been in another car.

 

[californiaboy935]

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I drove 392 miles round trip today from D.C. to western PA. Weather was lousy.

20 mph sustained crosswind
Rain and then snow
Temps started out around 50 but were below freezing by time I got to my destination.

All these things (and freeway driving) hobbled range. My whole trip average was 3.49 m/kwh (about 300 miles of real world range in my 25 Air Pure). But even so, I just needed to stop once to charge on the way back, pausing for 26 minutes / 56 kwh at a Sheetz/Electrify America combo that worked flawlessly and was right off the freeway in Bedford PA.

This was my first full day of long distance driving this car and it went well. I would even say it was boring. Everything worked right, the adaptive cruise and lane keeping kept down the workload of driving and the massaging seats made it easier to just keep driving than it might have been in another car.

Amazing! Glad you are enjoying it!! That is cold, can’t say I’ve ever had my Lucid in that cold of weather.

 

[BS8899]

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I drove 392 miles round trip today from D.C. to western PA. Weather was lousy.

20 mph sustained crosswind
Rain and then snow
Temps started out around 50 but were below freezing by time I got to my destination.

All these things (and freeway driving) hobbled range. My whole trip average was 3.49 m/kwh (about 300 miles of real world range in my 25 Air Pure). But even so, I just needed to stop once to charge on the way back, pausing for 26 minutes / 56 kwh at a Sheetz/Electrify America combo that worked flawlessly and was right off the freeway in Bedford PA.

This was my first full day of long distance driving this car and it went well. I would even say it was boring. Everything worked right, the adaptive cruise and lane keeping kept down the workload of driving and the massaging seats made it easier to just keep driving than it might have been in another car.

You did well....considering the weather!

 

[MacBain00]

not bad for the drive. for a second i read the name and thought - Three Twins Ice Cream!?!! But that's Neal Gottlieb

 

[jedwin]

the adaptive cruise and lane keeping kept down the workload of driving

How heavy was the rain and snow, through which adaptive cruise kept working fine?

(you’re getting my hopes up; I’ve been disappointed to see that it doesn’t seem to be possible to have basic “non-adaptive” cruise control when the radar/adaptive may be disrupted by precipitation)

 

[petergottlieb]

How heavy was the rain and snow, through which adaptive cruise kept working fine?

(you’re getting my hopes up; I’ve been disappointed to see that it doesn’t seem to be possible to have basic “non-adaptive” cruise control when the radar/adaptive may be disrupted by precipitation)

Moderate - I was thinking about this too - the snow was heavy and wet enough I wouldn’t have been surprised had it turned off at some point, but it didn’t seem affected.

 

[gmoney]

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I drove 392 miles round trip today from D.C. to western PA. Weather was lousy.

20 mph sustained crosswind
Rain and then snow
Temps started out around 50 but were below freezing by time I got to my destination.

All these things (and freeway driving) hobbled range. My whole trip average was 3.49 m/kwh (about 300 miles of real world range in my 25 Air Pure). But even so, I just needed to stop once to charge on the way back, pausing for 26 minutes / 56 kwh at a Sheetz/Electrify America combo that worked flawlessly and was right off the freeway in Bedford PA.

This was my first full day of long distance driving this car and it went well. I would even say it was boring. Everything worked right, the adaptive cruise and lane keeping kept down the workload of driving and the massaging seats made it easier to just keep driving than it might have been in another car.

That is quite good considering the conditions. I think sometimes people have unrealistic expectations. In my opinion to average 3.5 used in bad weather is exceptional!!

 

[petergottlieb]

That is quite good considering the conditions. I think sometimes people have unrealistic expectations. In my opinion to average 3.5 used in bad weather is exceptional!!

It was even a little bit better. I realized I misremembered- actually efficiency was 3.79 m/kwh