Oh the places you'll charge
It's been pointed out to me that I've
been neglecting a blog subject. Apparently
I've been writing plenty about the camper, the travels, and the dogs.
But not so much about the electric car part. So today's post will
be about the electric car stuff.
One of the reasons I haven't written
much about the electric car charging is that towing electric has
been...well boring. Boring being a good thing. Even outside the
coverage of the Tesla supercharger network it's been routine.
On travel days we start with a full
charge from the campground. If it's a short drive to the next
campground (<120 miles) we usually don't stop to charge. For longer drives
we've been using the FLO Chademo network throughout Nova Scotia. Not
as quick as superchargers (50kW vs 105kW). But we usually combine
the stop with grocery shopping, or sight seeing, or lunch. Generally
we've got plenty “in the tank” for the next leg when we get back
to the car.
On days we're not traveling we unhook
the car from the trailer. With a 250 mile range without the trailer
we can tour the area as much as we need, take long side trips, and
charge overnight at the campground.
Here's our trip in Nova Scotia so far.
For those interested in the particulars or just pictures:
Aulac NB (the last Tesla supercharger)
---> Five Islands Provincial Park: 49 miles (destination)
Local side trips (multiple)
Five Islands ---> Elmsdale Chademo: 75
miles (charging and grocery shopping)
Elmsdale ---> Graves Island Provincial
Park: 53 miles (destination)
Side trips Halifax, Lunnenberg, and
surrounds
Graves Island ---> Elmsdale Chademo: 53
miles(charging and donuts)*
Elmsdale ---> Stellarton Chademo: 75
miles (charging and lot of chatting with gawkers)
Stellarton ---> Canso Campground: 97
miles (destination)
Side trips along Canso coastline
*strong head winds and rain that day so decided to top off instead of going straight to Stellarton charger
Canso ---> Monastery Chademo: 44 miles
(charging, coffee, and donut stop)
Monastery ---> Baddeck Chademo: 68 miles
(charging, toured Alexander Graham Bell Museum, lunch, grocery shopping)
Baddeck ---> Broad Cove Campground: 64
miles (destination)
Side trips Cheticamp, Meat Cove,
Neal's Harbor, and surrounds
Broad Cove ---> Mira River Campground:
101 miles (destination)
Side trip to Louisbourg and Sydney
Ferry ---> Newfoundland...to be continued
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