earther
Well-known member
I'm going to attempt my first "beyond battery range" trip in my Leaf: from my home in Gilroy to a work conference in San Mateo.
You're probably thinking "that's only 65 miles", but keep in mind that's 65 miles of highway driving going 65+mph with significant portions hilly, not to mention on a chilly winter morning with the heater blasting -- so I know my Leaf well enough to confidently say it couldn't make it without a mid-trip recharge.
My plan is to use the new Blink QC that opened up in Sunnyvale last month (at Spirent Communications, 1325 Borregas Ave. google maps makes it appear to be some sort of office park complex). I called the Blink network, and they assured me that it's active now. Have any forum members used it before? If so, anything special I should know about it (I have an active Blink membership card, as well as CharJit and ChargePoint, but have never used a QC before). In particularly, does it appear to be accessible to the public at 6:30am on a Saturday?
-Steve
You're probably thinking "that's only 65 miles", but keep in mind that's 65 miles of highway driving going 65+mph with significant portions hilly, not to mention on a chilly winter morning with the heater blasting -- so I know my Leaf well enough to confidently say it couldn't make it without a mid-trip recharge.
My plan is to use the new Blink QC that opened up in Sunnyvale last month (at Spirent Communications, 1325 Borregas Ave. google maps makes it appear to be some sort of office park complex). I called the Blink network, and they assured me that it's active now. Have any forum members used it before? If so, anything special I should know about it (I have an active Blink membership card, as well as CharJit and ChargePoint, but have never used a QC before). In particularly, does it appear to be accessible to the public at 6:30am on a Saturday?
-Steve