CMYK4Life
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Update:
The weather at the beach was not the best but my son and I still took a dip. No one ICE'd us the entire time, no wating at the EVSE, we didnt see another EV or plug-in the entire trip! We followed my plan outlined below - worked like a charm.
The small town we visited, Lowell MI, will make a great lunch/dinner charge stop for other cities we want to visit on the west side of the state. I had 3-4 locals ask me about the car; your typical questions, they were floored that I was getting my juice for free.
Orginal Plan:
I cannot wait to take the Leaf to the shores of Lake Michigan this weekend! All using only L2 charging; god bless the 6.6kw charger!
We live 118 miles away from a Lake Michigan beach in Muskegon MI that has a L2 chargepoint station.
We will stop in a small town about half way there to have brunch and do some window shopping while we pick up some juice; the small town has a cluster of L2 chargers right in the middle of the shopping/entertainment district.
Since there is a charger at the beach we will charge back to 100% as we visit (plan B is 1 mile up the road)
We will visit the same small town for charging and dinner on the way back from the beach that night.
The route we are taking avoids all highways; so between the slower speed and the need to charge it will take us a lot of time to get to our destination and back. However, for us, our long distance journies in the Leaf avoiding highways and cutting through small towns and villages is almost been as fun as the destination. We love stopping at the roadside produce stands too!
Its going to be a great EV trip!
The weather at the beach was not the best but my son and I still took a dip. No one ICE'd us the entire time, no wating at the EVSE, we didnt see another EV or plug-in the entire trip! We followed my plan outlined below - worked like a charm.
The small town we visited, Lowell MI, will make a great lunch/dinner charge stop for other cities we want to visit on the west side of the state. I had 3-4 locals ask me about the car; your typical questions, they were floored that I was getting my juice for free.
Orginal Plan:
I cannot wait to take the Leaf to the shores of Lake Michigan this weekend! All using only L2 charging; god bless the 6.6kw charger!
We live 118 miles away from a Lake Michigan beach in Muskegon MI that has a L2 chargepoint station.
We will stop in a small town about half way there to have brunch and do some window shopping while we pick up some juice; the small town has a cluster of L2 chargers right in the middle of the shopping/entertainment district.
Since there is a charger at the beach we will charge back to 100% as we visit (plan B is 1 mile up the road)
We will visit the same small town for charging and dinner on the way back from the beach that night.
The route we are taking avoids all highways; so between the slower speed and the need to charge it will take us a lot of time to get to our destination and back. However, for us, our long distance journies in the Leaf avoiding highways and cutting through small towns and villages is almost been as fun as the destination. We love stopping at the roadside produce stands too!
Its going to be a great EV trip!
