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My family took a road trip from Utah to California and back over the last week. Nothing too remarkable to report, not going to analyze efficiency or anything but just wanted to share a few things.
Even though we have a larger vehicle that we have road tripped before (Volvo EX90), I opted for the Macan for its faster charging. It probably didn’t matter too much in the end but a fun trip regardless.
It wasn’t roomy luggage wise but not bad for a family of four and we didn’t need to block the rear view. One large suitcase in the back for the adults, along with one 18 liter travel freezer (45 watt compressor), a large duffle bag for one kid and a small duffle bag for personal items. In the frunk, one large duffle bag for my teenager fit comfortably.
I got very familiar with the frunk and realized how simple it is to latch without any force once you understand how it works.
No issues with charging, used Ionna and EA. However once we got to California I had to wait in line at pretty much every fast charger we stopped at. There’s almost no point in having a fast charging car if you are waiting 30 minutes on some slow car just to get plugged in and start. There are plenty of locations to charge, but one challenge now is that there are many stations that just have a few stalls. You could pick from maybe three or four nearby locations but you’re just rolling the dice, you don’t know if there will be one open by the time you get there. Some places had eight or ten stalls and they were at capacity. More of an inconvenience than a problem as of now, not even close to making me consider going back to gas, but I hope it gets better and not worse!
Has anyone tried the NACS adapter on something like a 400kW Ionna unit? I know generally we see only 135kw on Tesla stations due to the 400v but I imagine you could get full speed charging on modern 800v NACS stations. I only thought about this after leaving the Ionna but wish I would have tested it.
Every hotel we stayed at had some form of level 2 charging that was easy to get a spot for, so this helped a bit as well.
in all a good time and no issues that left the family burned by EVs!
Even though we have a larger vehicle that we have road tripped before (Volvo EX90), I opted for the Macan for its faster charging. It probably didn’t matter too much in the end but a fun trip regardless.
It wasn’t roomy luggage wise but not bad for a family of four and we didn’t need to block the rear view. One large suitcase in the back for the adults, along with one 18 liter travel freezer (45 watt compressor), a large duffle bag for one kid and a small duffle bag for personal items. In the frunk, one large duffle bag for my teenager fit comfortably.
I got very familiar with the frunk and realized how simple it is to latch without any force once you understand how it works.
No issues with charging, used Ionna and EA. However once we got to California I had to wait in line at pretty much every fast charger we stopped at. There’s almost no point in having a fast charging car if you are waiting 30 minutes on some slow car just to get plugged in and start. There are plenty of locations to charge, but one challenge now is that there are many stations that just have a few stalls. You could pick from maybe three or four nearby locations but you’re just rolling the dice, you don’t know if there will be one open by the time you get there. Some places had eight or ten stalls and they were at capacity. More of an inconvenience than a problem as of now, not even close to making me consider going back to gas, but I hope it gets better and not worse!
Has anyone tried the NACS adapter on something like a 400kW Ionna unit? I know generally we see only 135kw on Tesla stations due to the 400v but I imagine you could get full speed charging on modern 800v NACS stations. I only thought about this after leaving the Ionna but wish I would have tested it.
Every hotel we stayed at had some form of level 2 charging that was easy to get a spot for, so this helped a bit as well.
in all a good time and no issues that left the family burned by EVs!
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