deek
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The wife, the dogs and I just completed a couple thousand mile road trip, mostly on Interstates in the CB. I drove at or somewhat above the speed limit most of the way, and here is what we got:
I was very pleasantly pleased with how the trip went. This is my first EV, and the first roadtrip in the CB, and I learned a few things (skip this section if you are a pro):
I was very pleasantly pleased with how the trip went. This is my first EV, and the first roadtrip in the CB, and I learned a few things (skip this section if you are a pro):
- The Trip Planner (TP) is precocious. It is both very smart and very willful. I found that planning charging stops was easier done manually, by putting in the destination, removing all charging stops, then adding them manually using "Add Stop" by searching for charging locations. The TP will only list chargers within range, but all chargers show on the map (grey if out of range).
- There is a lot of lodging with charging. We used two, and both were free. Love me some PlusShare.
- Range in miles (upper left) and remaining charge at destination often do not agree, especially at the start of a trip. Sometimes they disagreed by several dozen miles. I found the Range to be more accurate at the start, but the two numbers begin to reach agreement as the trip progresses. This may be due to uncertainty regarding speed?
- With dogs (and my old bladder) I found that stops every couple of hours very easy. We never had to wait on the truck to charge, as we were walking the dogs, or using the facilities or grabbing snacks.
- My wife notices that all of the Supercharger locations were nice. We have a running joke were she requests I stop somewhere with clean bathrooms. She decided early on that all Superchargers were at locations with acceptable bathrooms.
- Adaptive cruise + right-hand barrier + left-hand curve, can lead to abrupt braking by the cruise.
- We drove two legs in some on-and-off heavy rain. The truck efficiency went down noticeably (-10% ish), and when i checked Energy, the truck showed a significant headwind that did not show up in my weather app. How does the truck calc winds?
- The use of the TP could be more straightforward and flexible. For example the ability to delete a charging stop that has been added automatically, and being able to specify general frequency of stops.
- The intermediate stops in the list need to have range in miles. They currently only have time. The final destination is the only stop with milage (that I could find).
- The vehicle needs a simple way to observe / manage the impact of speed on range. The only place I could find real time energy consumption was in the energy app, and that requires the kind of math I can't do in my head in order to get to range.
- The truck needs a "flat-spot" for drinks, etc when getting the truck. Trying to hold a drink at the same time as loading two dogs is harder the necessary. I have some ideas I may post elsewhere.
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