My first, absolutely freezing, road trip

[dgkhn]

I live in NH. Comparing two trips, one done about a month ago, when ambient temps were in the 60s F, average speed 51 mph (including extensive 70-73 mph driving): 29.1 kWh/100 miles. Today, with ambient around freezing, average speed 46 mph (again including a fair amount of 70-73 mph driving): 35.7 kWh/100 miles.

I would say high-latitude winter road-tripping is not the ideal use case for Macan's (and most likely any EV). So far, I've only truly needed to DC-charge once (and did it twice more just for practice.) So, as long as you can limit yourself to 200 or so miles daily and have daily access to an AC charger, you're good.

 

[Duke95]

Update, first stop home, EA 350...as Yves said...takes time to precondition! Car was at 45 degrees and about 20-25 from the station it took itself to about 75 degrees. Got here, plugged in, 265 kw within a minute, off and on the road again! Nice. So lesson learned...give the car PLENTY of time to precondition in the cold!

 

[PanameraFrank]

I've done a number of ski road trips in the Taycan and i4. EVs work AWESOME for winter road trips. Tons of grip for bad conditions, high level of comfort, remote heating, etc.

It takes some getting used to the range loss and planning out charging w preconditioning but once you get used to it it's really not a problem. Destination charging, even if slow, is always a huge help. A lot of smaller towns have free slow chargers near city center. Plugshare!!

 

[Fun TC Driving]

Shell Recharge will treat you fairly when you talk with them on Monday. I had a similar experience with them initially, but in the end as a result of our conversing, similarly a few days later, they treated me fairly.

 

[Rocket Roger]

As I've learned while driving EVs since 2011, driving fast on long trips does not save time and costs more due to more frequent charging events.

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