thecoloradokid
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I set a new personal record yesterday in single day long distance driving in my Taycan - I did a Phoenix to Denver run in 15 hours and covered 855 miles, or 1368km. I left my hotel in the Kierland area of north Scottsdale at 5:40am and I drove to my house in central Denver, arriving at 9pm. The original plan was to stop in Santa Fe on the way home, but I made such good time that I just busted the entire drive out in a single day.
I have Thule bars on the CT4S to visually break up the roof line, and had my Pirelli winter tires but still was pretty efficient. All of the EA chargers I leveraged, except for Pueblo, CO worked great - three or four of them peaked at 264kW speeds. I spent 10 to 15 minutes at all the 7 chargers I stopped at along the way - I have to do more frequent stops since my faulty prostate does not work like it used to, so stopping to pee occurs more frequently these days.
I was able to enjoy a new route out of Phoenix and avoid a lot of the I-40 stretch to Albuquerque by taking the back roads from north Scottsdale to Payson to Show Low to Grants, NM. That stretch is all two lane roads in pretty amazingly scenic remote areas of Arizona and New Mexico with two fantastic EA chargers in Payson and Show Low. The momentum from covering this 400 mile stretch with little traffic, decent vehicle speeds, and fast charging speeds gave me the initial momentum to bust out the entire trip in one day. Rolling through Albuquerque in the early afternoon was super easy since there was no traffic headed in my direction, and no accidents on other I-40 or I-25.
On the start of the trip from Denver to Phoenix, I got a later start out of Denver and stopped in Gallup for the night before completing the trip into Phoenix. All of the chargers I used on the first leg worked great as well, except for Gallup, where only two of the 4 cabinets were functional. I had to wait 15 minutes for a charger, but that was not a big deal since I was in Gallup for the night.
Of all the chargers I stopped along the way on both legs of the drive I think I saw a moderate number of other EVs, so competition on the Denver to Phoenix route was minimal. If I tried to do this trip during a business Thanksgiving travel day or an extended weekend like Memorial or Labor Day, I probably would not have been so lucky. This is why I usually road trip on days where I know people are working, or not out on the highway.
The car worked great, so have to give a shout out to the Prestige Porsche repair guys in Denver who fixed my car after the road incident I had in August. And, have to give credit to Electrify America since I covered a lot of road distance in a short amount of time due to great charging locations and speeds that worked for the vast majority of my trip.
I have Thule bars on the CT4S to visually break up the roof line, and had my Pirelli winter tires but still was pretty efficient. All of the EA chargers I leveraged, except for Pueblo, CO worked great - three or four of them peaked at 264kW speeds. I spent 10 to 15 minutes at all the 7 chargers I stopped at along the way - I have to do more frequent stops since my faulty prostate does not work like it used to, so stopping to pee occurs more frequently these days.
I was able to enjoy a new route out of Phoenix and avoid a lot of the I-40 stretch to Albuquerque by taking the back roads from north Scottsdale to Payson to Show Low to Grants, NM. That stretch is all two lane roads in pretty amazingly scenic remote areas of Arizona and New Mexico with two fantastic EA chargers in Payson and Show Low. The momentum from covering this 400 mile stretch with little traffic, decent vehicle speeds, and fast charging speeds gave me the initial momentum to bust out the entire trip in one day. Rolling through Albuquerque in the early afternoon was super easy since there was no traffic headed in my direction, and no accidents on other I-40 or I-25.
On the start of the trip from Denver to Phoenix, I got a later start out of Denver and stopped in Gallup for the night before completing the trip into Phoenix. All of the chargers I used on the first leg worked great as well, except for Gallup, where only two of the 4 cabinets were functional. I had to wait 15 minutes for a charger, but that was not a big deal since I was in Gallup for the night.
Of all the chargers I stopped along the way on both legs of the drive I think I saw a moderate number of other EVs, so competition on the Denver to Phoenix route was minimal. If I tried to do this trip during a business Thanksgiving travel day or an extended weekend like Memorial or Labor Day, I probably would not have been so lucky. This is why I usually road trip on days where I know people are working, or not out on the highway.
The car worked great, so have to give a shout out to the Prestige Porsche repair guys in Denver who fixed my car after the road incident I had in August. And, have to give credit to Electrify America since I covered a lot of road distance in a short amount of time due to great charging locations and speeds that worked for the vast majority of my trip.
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