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[alarmguy]

It should not take much longer to drive his EV. Start with a full charge and stop once for 15 minutes.
The question is, can he charge at home and can he charge at your place? I would not own an EV if I couldn't charge at home.

Using my car as an example, I would charge to 95% or 100% the night before, drive most of the way depending on how I feel and Supercharger location, stop for 15 minute charge, Bio break and snack, and end up at your place.

Here's my home to LA on the Anywhere App.
Here's the BMW app.

Ok, so here is the number. He left a little after 8:30 this Sunday morning and arrived 175 miles later at Buc-ee's sometime after 11AM
Interstate here is fast, typically I drive at 83 MPH but I assume my son does closer to 78ish on a 70 mph road. But then again, what do I know? *LOL*

Anyway, 175 miles his BMW said he had 98 miles left when he arrived at Buc-ee's where he is at this moment going to charge to full on a Mercedes Super Charger. (I forgot to ask if he left with a full change. I assume he did> Car tells him it will be a little over an hour to full charge. There are 10 Mercedes Chargers there and at least 10 or more Tesla super chargers.

Once fully charged he will head to our house about 85 miles.
I don't think he bought anything to charge while at our house. Will be leaving Monday and I suspect charge up at Buc-ee's again.
Of course like all of them the car tells him where other chargers are but going to Buc-ee's is an experience unto it own and you KNOW if it is a Buc-ee's it works. The masses of people is amazing at this interstate stop chain I am guessing in addition to the chargers there must be 40 ish gas pumps. I tried counting them at one time, not possible.

Happy Fathers Day to all!

@OVERKILL
Car charged to full at the hour mark or something a little less. It was fully charged at 12:22 and he arrived sometime after 11.
It charged eight minutes faster than the car indicated it would or something like that.

I didn’t even know Mercedes has the equivalent in superchargers?
Don’t know all the details as my son isn’t even that up-to-date on everything. He just mentioned something about over 400 kW.
Also note the weather is hot and of course the air conditioning in the car is constantly running

 

[ecotourist]

By going that route does it ever trip the breaker box?

I have a 220 Volt 40 Amp circuit for charging my Tesla. The Tesla model 3 charges at a maximum of 32 Amps so a 40 Amp breaker is fine for continuous use. It never tripped the breaker .....

.... until our floor refinishing guy used that circuit for several days to sand our floors. Then it started to trip every time.

So I replaced the breaker and all is well again. But having made sure it was working fine, I turned down the charge rate to 25 Amps when charging at home. [It knows when it's home.] I'm just not in that much of a rush. And whether it takes 45 minutes or 60 minutes to charge makes no difference to me.

A 50 Amp breaker would have been better but I didn't have room in my electrical panel for 50 Amps.

 

[ecotourist]

Anyway, 175 miles his BMW said he had 98 miles left when he arrived at Buc-ee's where he is at this moment going to charge to full on a Mercedes Super Charger. (I forgot to ask if he left with a full change. I assume he did> Car tells him it will be a little over an hour to full charge. There are 10 Mercedes Chargers there and at least 10 or more Tesla super chargers.

Once fully charged he will head to our house about 85 miles.
I don't think he bought anything to charge while at our house. Will be leaving Monday and I suspect charge up at Buc-ee's again.
Of course like all of them the car tells him where other chargers are but going to Buc-ee's is an experience unto it own and you KNOW if it is a Buc-ee's it works. The masses of people is amazing at this interstate stop chain I am guessing in addition to the chargers there must be 40 ish gas pumps. I tried counting them at one time, not possible.

Car charged to full at the hour mark or something a little less. It was fully charged at 12:22 and he arrived sometime after 11.
It charged eight minutes faster than the car indicated it would or something like that.

When you get used to long distance driving with an EV you don't charge to full while in transit. You only charge to full when you're stopped for the day. Ideally you would have a circuit for him to charge when he gets to your place. He might then need to charge for 10 or 15 minutes or something like that while on route to reach you place, or about long enough for a washroom break and to wash the windshield.

The EV charging strategy is not the same as fueling a gas car. You could spend an hour or more charging in mid trip, but why would you? Unless there's a pretty waitress at the charging station of course.

 

[alarmguy]

When you get used to long distance driving with an EV you don't charge to full while in transit. You only charge to full when you're stopped for the day. Ideally you would have a circuit for him to charge when he gets to your place. He might then need to charge for 10 or 15 minutes or something like that while on route to reach you place, or about long enough for a washroom break and to wash the windshield.

The EV charging strategy is not the same as fueling a gas car. You could spend an hour or more charging in mid trip, but why would you? Unless there's a pretty waitress at the charging station of course.

I get what you’re saying, but no one scenario fits everybody because that scenario it’s just a thin slice of the pie.

My son will arrive at 2 o’clock today between 2 o’clock and 5 o’clock will be doing something and then going to dinner.
This in addition to of course, driving around testing out the car. So he needs a full charge to spend our Father’s Day activities and evening, sleep over then leave in the morning.

Once he leaves in the morning he will have to drive 85 miles until he gets up to the interstate.
So of course he will then top up to a full charge using the same Mercedes supercharger that he just used today for the remainder of the 175 mile interstate Drive.

If he wanted to bother, he could’ve brought a cord I think to plug into our 30 amp dryer outlet but did not want to bother because we weren’t even sure if it would be the right plug but bottom line he didn’t want to bother.

I’m not going to install an outlet for someone to charge their car if I don’t have an electric car.
Even this current car that he has will be replaced in the next 6 to 9 months, he chooses what his next car will be every 6 to 9 months so will be interesting if he ops for another electric or gas. With his job it’s pretty cool because no car is permanent.

Everyone in this forum knows I have nothing against electric vehicles. I may have one myself someday. But there will always be a convenience factor with gasoline for many people more so in areas that aren’t overpopulated and don’t have supercharged networks all over the place

Today is an example. We have no idea what our plans are going to be. The car will be in use and he’s doesn’t care to think about charging it in between its use. So he will be coming here with 2/3 of a charge.
Once here, the coastal area of Ocean Isle Beach it’s not exactly like Silicon Valley with charge stations all over.

 

[JeffKeryk]

I get what you’re saying, but no one scenario fits everybody because that scenario it’s just a thin slice of the pie.

My son will arrive at 2 o’clock today between 2 o’clock and 5 o’clock will be doing something and then going to dinner.
This in addition to of course, driving around testing out the car. So he needs a full charge to spend our Father’s Day activities and evening, sleep over then leave in the morning.

Once he leaves in the morning he will have to drive 85 miles until he gets up to the interstate.
So of course he will then top up to a full charge using the same Mercedes supercharger that he just used today for the remainder of the 175 mile interstate Drive.

If he wanted to bother, he could’ve brought a cord I think to plug into our 30 amp dryer outlet but did not want to bother because we weren’t even sure if it would be the right plug but bottom line he didn’t want to bother.

I’m not going to install an outlet for someone to charge their car if I don’t have an electric car.
Even this current car that he has will be replaced in the next 6 to 9 months, he chooses what his next car will be every 6 to 9 months so will be interesting if he ops for another electric or gas. With his job it’s pretty cool because no car is permanent.

Everyone in this forum knows I have nothing against electric vehicles. I may have one myself someday. But there will always be a convenience factor with gasoline for many people more so in areas that aren’t overpopulated and don’t have supercharged networks all over the place

Today is an example. We have no idea what our plans are going to be. The car will be in use and he’s doesn’t care to think about charging it in between its use. So he will be coming here with 2/3 of a charge.
Once here, the coastal area of Ocean Isle Beach it’s not exactly like Silicon Valley with charge stations all over.

AG, no offense, but you are describing a poor EV strategy; a strategy that ICE users that are new to EV typically employ until they "learn". I am a prime example.

Your son could have charged for 15 minutes and made it you your house. That's a far cry from your original estimate. If he grabbed a bite or a bio-break at Buckees(?) than it was a non-issue.
I carry the charging cable with me in the frunk with the 3 adapters. If your son had the proper cable, he could have plugged in at your house and got an easy 20 MPH, or whatever. If you lived next door to me he could have plugged into my cable and charged up with that big nuclear reactor up in the sky, like I do.

If he charged at home and was able to follow the EV strategy, his BMW EV would have saved him time and money over an ICE BMW.
One can make the case that he will only have the car for 6 months, so why go to the troube? Well, then that is not an EV issue, it is using the wrong tool for the use case.

Curious... What is the range on his car? My car is rated at 303 miles, I believe. I am confident I can get 250+ at CA freeway speeds. If I kept it to say 75 mph, then add perhaps 40+ miles to that. And with a short break, 350 miles is a breeze.

Regarding the Supercharger output, the max value, while important, is a reference number. If it is shared by 2 cars, then the number drops. And most EVs charge lightning fast when low but the speed drops off as capacity is consumed. That's another reason you can minimize driving duration by not charging to 100%.

 

[demarpaint]

I get what you’re saying, but no one scenario fits everybody because that scenario it’s just a thin slice of the pie.

My son will arrive at 2 o’clock today between 2 o’clock and 5 o’clock will be doing something and then going to dinner.
This in addition to of course, driving around testing out the car. So he needs a full charge to spend our Father’s Day activities and evening, sleep over then leave in the morning.

Once he leaves in the morning he will have to drive 85 miles until he gets up to the interstate.
So of course he will then top up to a full charge using the same Mercedes supercharger that he just used today for the remainder of the 175 mile interstate Drive.

If he wanted to bother, he could’ve brought a cord I think to plug into our 30 amp dryer outlet but did not want to bother because we weren’t even sure if it would be the right plug but bottom line he didn’t want to bother.

I’m not going to install an outlet for someone to charge their car if I don’t have an electric car.
Even this current car that he has will be replaced in the next 6 to 9 months, he chooses what his next car will be every 6 to 9 months so will be interesting if he ops for another electric or gas. With his job it’s pretty cool because no car is permanent.

Everyone in this forum knows I have nothing against electric vehicles. I may have one myself someday. But there will always be a convenience factor with gasoline for many people more so in areas that aren’t overpopulated and don’t have supercharged networks all over the place

Today is an example. We have no idea what our plans are going to be. The car will be in use and he’s doesn’t care to think about charging it in between its use. So he will be coming here with 2/3 of a charge.
Once here, the coastal area of Ocean Isle Beach it’s not exactly like Silicon Valley with charge stations all over.

Sounds like a lot of thought, I'd rather fill up at a gas station and be done with it. There are much more important things I care to think about. Having said that it sounds like your son has a great job, and in a few months he's onto the next new car. Happy Father's day!

 

[Torrid]

Sounds like a lot of thought, I'd rather fill up at a gas station and be done with it. There are much more important things I care to think about. Having said that it sounds like your son has a great job, and in a few months he's onto the next new car. Happy Father's day!

It's a lot of overthinking. We all did it early on with EVs. It's not really necessary.

 

[demarpaint]

It's a lot of overthinking. We all did it early on with EVs. It's not really necessary.

Maybe so, just not my cup of tea.

 

[JeffKeryk]

Maybe so, just not my cup of tea.

I get your point; I was the same way. I felt our '18 Model 3 was a toy. It seemed so important to charge up all the time, and seemed like such a pain.

Unless someone drives 250 miles per day on a regular basis, my EV situation is far more convenient and I spend far less time fueling up. Not even close... That's not my opinion; that's the numbers.
Now if someone drives few miles annually, then any vehicle fills the bill.

I know it all sounds silly; hard to believe. My car is a get in and go. Forget about gas stations; who needs them? Oil changes? What's that? Check tire pressure and fill up the warsher fluid.

 

[Torrid]

I get your point; I was the same way. I felt our '18 Model 3 was a toy. It seemed so important to charge up all the time, and seemed like such a pain.

Unless someone drives 250 miles per day on a regular basis, my EV situation is far more convenient and I spend far less time fueling up. Not even close... That's not my opinion; that's the numbers.
Now if someone drives few miles annually, then any vehicle fills the bill.

I know it all sounds silly; hard to believe. My car is a get in and go. Forget about gas stations; who needs them? Oil changes? What's that? Check tire pressure and fill up the warsher fluid.

It is crazy how it just gets easy. I'm fully charging tonight since I'll be driving to Chicago and back tomorrow to pick up my wife's Y since we're not trading the Model 3 to Tesla. It may make the trip without charging, but I think I may need a 5-10 minute stop on the return trip. There's a Supercharger at the lunch spot I've already picked out for the return trip so I'll probably plug in for a few minutes just for the sake of doing.