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  1. bwilson4web

    bwilson4web Well-Known Member Subscriber

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    • $26.97 - EV electric cost, 143 mi
      • $11.50 - Electrify America, 15.515 kWh, 32 min.
      • $14.70 - EVgo, 14.93 kWh, 42 min.
      • $0.77 - home, 7.74 kWh, 98 min. (1h 38m)
    • $6.26 - Costco, 2.302 gal (premium), 5 min., 111 mi
      • ~5 mi EV, to top off gas in Nashville (left home 3/4 tank)
      • ~2 mi EV, ran out of gas approaching Costco
    • Caught in Nashville rush hour . . . saved a bunch of electrons
      • dynamic cruise control + power mode (Comfort) is a winner
      • stay alert but calm with music and A/C
    • Google miles do not including trying to find Nashville EVgo charger and sensible route changes.
    Bob Wilson
     
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    bwilson4web Well-Known Member Subscriber

    Sorry, mistake on Nashville departure time:
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    • $26.97 - EV electric cost, 143 mi
      • $11.50 - Electrify America, 15.515 kWh, 32 min.
      • $14.70 - EVgo, 14.93 kWh, 42 min.
      • $0.77 - home, 7.74 kWh, 98 min. (1h 38m)
    • $6.26 - Costco, 2.302 gal (premium), 5 min., 111 mi
      • ~5 mi EV, to top off gas in Nashville (left home 3/4 tank)
      • ~2 mi EV, ran out of gas approaching Costco
    • Caught in Nashville rush hour . . . saved a bunch of electrons
      • dynamic cruise control + power mode (Comfort) is a winner
      • stay alert but calm with music and A/C
    • Google miles do not including trying to find Nashville EVgo charger and sensible route changes.
    Bob Wilson
     
  4. bwilson4web

    bwilson4web Well-Known Member Subscriber

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    • $18.80 - EV cost
      • $4.40 - (est) Blink, 7.626 kWh, 1 h 25 min
      • $13.65 - EVgo, 16.35 kWh, 39 min
      • $0.75 - home, 7.487 kWh, 1h 37 min
    • $6.15 - Costco, 2.252 gal (premium) 5 min, 106 miles
      • ~6 mi EV, to visit Tesla Store, top off tank, late lunch
    • Shelbyville Blink charger broken and no maintenance contract. Continued to very nice Nissan dealer for a free charge. Estimated the cost, $4.40, for 1h 25m (85 min) at a working Blink charger.
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    I repeated my EV drive to Nashville and return on gas to visit the Tesla Store in Brentwood a southern suburb. A shorter distance, the L2 (208-240 VAC) Blink charger in Shelbyville TN was down so my fallback was the Nissan dealer five miles down the road.

    Open business hours, Nissan let me charge the car while in their customer lounge. In 85 minutes the 24A charger gave just enough, 7.626 kWh, to reach the fast DC charger at Brentwood WMCA with a 10 mile reserve. There it took 39 minutes, 16.35 kWh at a cost of $13.65 including pre-cooling the cabin. Enough to reach the Tesla Store.

    The Tesla Store lot was full of Teslas with a small staff of 6-8 training new owners on their car. This attention to quality reduces future problems but means turnover, completing sales, takes longer. So I asked, 'If I wanted one, would I have to order it over the web?'

    The Tesla rep said, 'We could get you one of our standard configurations in about four weeks." Those are committed cars in the lot, undelivered inventory. Tesla chose quality over quantity so they are slow to move out. Next door, the Lexus dealer had four salesmen sitting in lawn chairs waiting for customers.

    The gas drive back burned $6.25, 2.252 gal of premium, with a 1 mile reserve. So $18.80 EV and ~5 hrs outbound versus $6.15 gas ~2 hrs to return.

    Bob Wilson
     

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