I have family in town for the holidays and we had been kicking around ideas for a day trip somewhere, and today decided to head south to San Diego to beat the rain forecasted for Saturday. I'm still kicking around in my local dealership's rental Rav4 EV, but am planning to pick mine back up tomorrow.
Before leaving, I completed an Extended Charge in order to give myself maximum cushion. The trip down was relatively uneventful, with a brief stop near the Del Mar racetrack. I held the cruise control to 65 and was generally conservative with my driving. When we arrived in San Diego, we ran into major traffic around the surface streets near the Zoo (our original destination), and the parking lot was jammed. When I eventually found the 4 Blink charging stations, every single one of them was ICE'd. Super frustrating, but there were no "Reserved for EV Parking" signs or similar that I could find. Just 4 chargers sitting idle beneath a bunch of solar panels. We decided to head down towards the waterfront instead, and ended up using a Blink charging station near 4th & A streets. Paid $14 to park and an additional $9 in charging fees.
We knocked around the USS Midway and San Diego Maritime museums for the afternoon and had dinner in the area. The Blink charger completed its work after 5 hrs and 9 minutes, but did not report the kWh used either on the charger or the company's web portal (boooo!).
For the trip home, I was feeling a little spunky at the start of the trip and decided to set the cruise control at 75, but chickened out after a number of long uphills leaving the area and ended up setting it at 70 instead. Uneventful trip home.
Here are the details that I gathered along the way:
Trip start:
ODO: 773 mi
GoM: 113 mi estimanted range
SoC: 16 bars (plus extended charge)
Travel south on I405 and I5 towards San Diego. Cruise control set at 65 mph, climate control set to ECO HIGH with fan set on low.
Necessities break south of Solana Beach (Del Mar racetrack exit)
ODO: 841 mi
GoM: 55 mi estimanted range
SoC: 11 bars
Trip summary showing:
67.9 miles travelled
1:26 elapsed
3.2 mi/kWh
Travel on freeway was the same with cruise control set to 65 mph, but ran into major traffic on the surface streets in San Diego and near the San Diego Zoo. Ended up abandoning original Zoo plan and going down towards the waterfront.
Arrival at destination in San Diego:
ODO: 865 mi
GoM: 30 mi estimanted range
SoC: 6 bars
Trip summary showing:
24.0 miles travelled
1:28 elapsed
2.9 mi/kWh
Return Trip begin:
ODO: 865 mi
GoM: 117 mi estimanted range
SoC: 16 bars (plus extended charge)
Travel home via same basic route, but with cruise control mostly set at 70, while traveling at 75 for a portion of the trip. Climate control was off for much of the trip as there was no sunlight heating up the cabin.
Return Trip end:
ODO: 954 mi
GoM: 22 mi estimanted range
SoC: 4 bars
Trip Summary showing:
88.8 miles travelled
1:36 elapsed
2.6 mi/kWh
For the return trip, I also remembered to turn on my GPS logging app on my phone. If you click the link below, you'll see a map of the route I took along with the speed and elevation during the trip. There's one spike above 90, which I think must have been a glitch because I never went that fast during the trip home.
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1957353&code=8a628775c73d18a625838050edec8f5a
Based on Tony's range chart, I think this all boils down to:
Outbound trip:
91.9 miles travelled
~27.8 kWh used (41.8 - 14.0 still available at 6 bars)
30-40 miles of range likely remaining after completing the trip.
Return trip:
88.8 miles traveled
~31.8 kWh used (41.8 - 10.0 still available at 4 bars)
20-30 miles of range likely remaining after completing the trip
If anyone has any other suggestions on how to interpret the data, I'm all ears.
-Chris
Before leaving, I completed an Extended Charge in order to give myself maximum cushion. The trip down was relatively uneventful, with a brief stop near the Del Mar racetrack. I held the cruise control to 65 and was generally conservative with my driving. When we arrived in San Diego, we ran into major traffic around the surface streets near the Zoo (our original destination), and the parking lot was jammed. When I eventually found the 4 Blink charging stations, every single one of them was ICE'd. Super frustrating, but there were no "Reserved for EV Parking" signs or similar that I could find. Just 4 chargers sitting idle beneath a bunch of solar panels. We decided to head down towards the waterfront instead, and ended up using a Blink charging station near 4th & A streets. Paid $14 to park and an additional $9 in charging fees.
We knocked around the USS Midway and San Diego Maritime museums for the afternoon and had dinner in the area. The Blink charger completed its work after 5 hrs and 9 minutes, but did not report the kWh used either on the charger or the company's web portal (boooo!).
For the trip home, I was feeling a little spunky at the start of the trip and decided to set the cruise control at 75, but chickened out after a number of long uphills leaving the area and ended up setting it at 70 instead. Uneventful trip home.
Here are the details that I gathered along the way:
Trip start:
ODO: 773 mi
GoM: 113 mi estimanted range
SoC: 16 bars (plus extended charge)
Travel south on I405 and I5 towards San Diego. Cruise control set at 65 mph, climate control set to ECO HIGH with fan set on low.
Necessities break south of Solana Beach (Del Mar racetrack exit)
ODO: 841 mi
GoM: 55 mi estimanted range
SoC: 11 bars
Trip summary showing:
67.9 miles travelled
1:26 elapsed
3.2 mi/kWh
Travel on freeway was the same with cruise control set to 65 mph, but ran into major traffic on the surface streets in San Diego and near the San Diego Zoo. Ended up abandoning original Zoo plan and going down towards the waterfront.
Arrival at destination in San Diego:
ODO: 865 mi
GoM: 30 mi estimanted range
SoC: 6 bars
Trip summary showing:
24.0 miles travelled
1:28 elapsed
2.9 mi/kWh
Return Trip begin:
ODO: 865 mi
GoM: 117 mi estimanted range
SoC: 16 bars (plus extended charge)
Travel home via same basic route, but with cruise control mostly set at 70, while traveling at 75 for a portion of the trip. Climate control was off for much of the trip as there was no sunlight heating up the cabin.
Return Trip end:
ODO: 954 mi
GoM: 22 mi estimanted range
SoC: 4 bars
Trip Summary showing:
88.8 miles travelled
1:36 elapsed
2.6 mi/kWh
For the return trip, I also remembered to turn on my GPS logging app on my phone. If you click the link below, you'll see a map of the route I took along with the speed and elevation during the trip. There's one spike above 90, which I think must have been a glitch because I never went that fast during the trip home.
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1957353&code=8a628775c73d18a625838050edec8f5a
Based on Tony's range chart, I think this all boils down to:
Outbound trip:
91.9 miles travelled
~27.8 kWh used (41.8 - 14.0 still available at 6 bars)
30-40 miles of range likely remaining after completing the trip.
Return trip:
88.8 miles traveled
~31.8 kWh used (41.8 - 10.0 still available at 4 bars)
20-30 miles of range likely remaining after completing the trip
If anyone has any other suggestions on how to interpret the data, I'm all ears.
-Chris
