Road Trip Report: Dallas <--> Nashville

[DerekS]

Great report. Which app you used to generate stats ? And also why first charge took 27 minutes at full speed? Did you charge to 100% ?

Re: the app, see prior post - thanks for the interest!

Pulling up my log, that charge was from 28%->90%.
It really slows down substantially after 85% or so.
"Full speed" is always at the first part of the charge.

My rule of thumb is "leave when the charge planner says it's ok" but sometimes I will add an extra 20 miles worth if I'm concerned.

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[DerekS]

I'm interested in your charging stop strategy.

Once you were out of the Dallas area, were the 5 EA sites you stopped at the only 5 along your route, or were there were additional ones that you skipped?

I pre-planned with ABRP, but the Porsche charging planner selected the exact same chargers.

If you had been unable to charge at all at one of the EA sites - example no stations working - what was your backup plan? Enough range to make it to next EA site, use level 2, or ?

I researched a little bit ahead of time to make sure I had some worst-case scenarios as fallback (finding a level 2 then limping to a better DC charger, etc.) I also have the Porsche charger in the trunk and could find a 110 outlet somewhere as an absolute worst case.

So far in my thousands of miles road tripping this thing, I've never needed a fallback.

 

[Hirschaj]

This is a great recap and glad to read an overall positive experience with the EA chargers. Do you recall how much driving time elapsed across those days?

Sorry, I don’t recall. It was too long ago. One word of advice though, watch out for massive potholes on the highway once you are within 60 miles of Louisville.

 

[Tooney]

My rule of thumb is "leave when the charge planner says it's ok" but sometimes I will add an extra 20 miles worth if I'm concerned.

While you were enroute, did you have the entire trip, charging stops & final destination, active in the Porsche nav system?
I've read some road trippers only enter the next stop in the nav unit. Thanks again for all the info.

 

[kort]

Seeing Blondie at CBGBs in NYC in the early 80s, that is very cool! Lucky you.

I was in high school with some of the ramones, another small group at the time, a long time ago

 

[DerekS]

While you were enroute, did you have the entire trip, charging stops & final destination, active in the Porsche nav system?
I've read some road trippers only enter the next stop in the nav unit. Thanks again for all the info.

I had the entire trip in, and the charging planner was able to handle it just fine.

People break up the trips because there's a point where the planner just can't deal with it, and spins forever.

I could not get it to plot Dallas->Flagstaff, for example.

 

[PDACPA]

Thanks! It's an app I am building called Chargey.

It tracks your charges at home and at DC chargers, and has a separate mode for tracking road trips. I probably have another few weeks left in development; I'm building some dashboard-type screens to show cost this month/year/all, etc.

I can make a separate thread about it but I want to be mindful/respectful of spam on the forum too. Will read the rules and see.



You got it!! I'm an iOS developer and when I started, all the classes were NS-this and NS-that due to the NextStep heritage.

I've met very few people who get it. I usually just tell them the NS means non-stop if they are normals.

Let us know when the app is in the app store (there is one called chargy).

 

[DerekS]

Let us know when the app is in the app store (there is one called chargy).

Ah nuts! I'll need a new name then. I'll keep you posted, and thanks for the interest. I started this project after my road trip to CA (where I tracked everything in a spreadsheet.)

 

[PDACPA]

Ah nuts! I'll need a new name then. I'll keep you posted, and thanks for the interest. I started this project after my road trip to CA (where I tracked everything in a spreadsheet.)

I read that thread too. I do not do a lot of long trips, but hope to this fall. I went to download and looks like a Spanish app. You are in TX though!

 

[DerekS]

I read that thread too. I do not do a lot of long trips, but hope to this fall. I went to download and looks like a Spanish app. You are in TX though!

It looks like that one is "Chargy" while "Chargey" is still up for grabs.

 

[kort]

It looks like that one is "Chargy" while "Chargey" is still up for grabs.

consider, charg-it or charge-up

 

[PDACPA]

consider, charg-it or charge-up

Chargey Tripey since it tracks Charging and Trips

(Derek is thinking why did I share the name LOL)

 

[Leawood CT]

Ah nuts! I'll need a new name then. I'll keep you posted, and thanks for the interest. I started this project after my road trip to CA (where I tracked everything in a spreadsheet.)

No one has used "eveasy". Just saying.

 

[DerekS]

(Derek is thinking why did I share the name LOL)

The first app I ever wrote was a mileage tracker called Tripper.

I later found out "Tripper" is a slang for gonorrhea in some countries.

Anyway, way off topic now.

 

[kort]

No one has used "eveasy". Just saying.

ez-ev or ev-ez data

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