{"id":472,"date":"2023-03-15T03:57:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T03:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/aproposnothing\/?p=472"},"modified":"2023-03-15T03:58:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T03:58:00","slug":"ev-adventure-los-alamos-lubbock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/aproposnothing\/?p=472","title":{"rendered":"EV Adventure: Los Alamos <> Lubbock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Charging at Santa Rosa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For a few reasons (testing out EV driving for one!) I drove from Los Alamos, NM to Lubbock TX Saturday March 11, 2023 and then drove back home (Lubbock to Los Alamos) on Sunday March 12. TOTAL: 691 miles, $52.64 on electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did a little homework using the PlugShare App (and reading reviews of chargers there). On the road I configured both the ChargePoint (for Santa Fe and Clovis) and Electrify America (Santa Rosa fast charger) apps. I took my bike and went for a ride at most of the charging stops. There is a one hour time zone between Lubbock and Los Alamos. It was also Daylight Savings weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biggest thing I learned (I \u201cknew\u201d it, but I really learned it watching the battery state and estimated range) – how you drive affects your range (including driving into a strong headwind!). Going into Lubbock was really pushing the range anxiety – I got there with ~6 miles to spare. The two legs Santa Rosa > Clovis and then Clovis > Lubbock was really off (and really windy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The details: Santa Rosa > Clovis –  estimated vs actually battery range was off by 65 miles (241 miles estimated leaving Santa Rosa, after driving 75 miles, only 101 miles estimated range remaining – vs 166 miles if the 241 estimate was right!). Then Clovis > Lubbock, the estimate was 140 miles range leaving Clovis. Arriving in Lubbock after driving 96 miles, I only had 6 miles of range left..)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going back the next day (minimal wind) – I was surprised how close the Clovis > Santa Rosa estimate and actual range was – 116 miles estimated battery range when I left Clovis and 114 miles of battery capacity used when I arrived in Santa Rosa. I drove the Clovis to Santa Rosa leg with not much wind and fairly restrained driving – slower (60-65 mph), but even though the range was close, I was fairly confident – vs the range anxiety the night before). My confidence came from watching the odometer and the estimated range – they changed at the same rate (vs with the wind, I could see the battery draining). I also watched the \u201cefficiency\/effort\u201d meter – I drove to maximize the efficiency and see how close I could get it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great adventure (especially with all the biking and each stop and that I made it!) – I\u2019m happy to answer any questions. All the details from my logs\/photos are below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

02023\/03\/11 Ski with Aven at the morning, so not 100% charge.
0 mile odometer: Left home in Los Alamos at 12:45pm with 94% charge and est 211 miles range
15.3 mile odometer: Crossed Rio Grande at 1:07pm with 91% charge and est 230 miles range
Note: battery down 3%, range up 19 miles<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

39.0 mile odometer: <\/span>

Santa Fe at 1:35pm with 76% charge and 173 miles range
(211 estimate – 39 miles = 176.. Pretty good vs the 173 mile estimate)
Charge in SF (peak 30 kW) add 10.85 kWh \/ 92% \/ 208 mi range \/ $3.26 \/ 40 min \/ +30mi
Whoo\u2019s Donuts, ATM, TJ\u2019s snacks, left SF at 2:20pm
Nice bike ride<\/a>, got two yummy Whoo\u2019s Blueberry donuts for my last five euros.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

147.0 mile odometer:\n
Arrive Santa Rosa, 34% charge est 89 miles range, 3:57pm\n
(100 miles est leaving SF vs 89 miles range when arrive – not bad)\n
Peak 45kW charge, est 80 min charge to 85%\n
4:52pm done charging, 31.3 kWh, $16.11 (0.48\/kWh + tax), 53 minutes, 94% \/ 241 miles estimated range\n
I tried to ride<\/a> over to Blue Hole. Google said I could get through – don’t believe google. Glad I had tubeless tires and CO2 cartridges!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

250.8 mile odometer:
6:34pm Arrive Clovis, 39%, 101 miles estimated range, 66F
75 miles to Clovis, 241 miles est leaving Clovis – should be 166 miles remaining vs 101 est!!! (strong wind, mostly?)
Best Western, 6kW charger,
McDonald\u2019s, 8.341 kwH, $1.70, 1hr22min
7:56pm 66F, 57% \/ 140 miles estimated range
Very windy! (headwind) (96 miles to LBB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

344.8 mile odometer:
10:44pm arrive Lubbock, 59F
140 miles est vs 96 miles actual, 6 miles remaining est when arrived. (wind!)
Try Gene Messer Ford – dealer car plugged in to only spot!
Checked Best Buy and Audi dealer with Mom – decided Audi 4 plugs, Bosch 6kW charger, free (Best Buy wasn\u2019t free)
2% \/ 6 miles estimated range
12:45pm – 10:44pm: 10 hours, 1 hour time change, ~3 hr charging<\/p>\n\n\n\n

440.0 mile odometer:
10:19am (1 hr time change) 50F
Clovis, NM
(213 mile est, drove 100 miles gives 113 miles est leaving vs 75 miles est arriving)
37% \/ 75 miles estimated range
Best Western (Danny \/ owner \/ Tesla – super friendly!) 6.6 kW charger
12:02pm $2.11 55F, 56% \/ 116 miles estimated range
Bike ride<\/a> (around airport) 1 hr, 40 minutes charging, 10.36kWh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

543.0 mile odometer:
Drove slow (~60mph),
1:58pm 59F, 5% \/ 11 miles estimated range (pretty close to 103+11 = 114 vs 116 estimated)
Santa Rosa, ~48 kW charger!
2:20pm 33% \/ 69 miles estimated range
1hr 20 min, 48.3 kWh $24.97,
Bike ~10 miles, out old Route 66<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:24pm 96% \/ 203 miles range, 59F
Drove ~70mph, followed truck for portion of I-40
== 20 minutes shorter at Santa Rosa than Clovis, ~5x more power in SR, and 12x more $$
Great bike ride<\/a>. Much better to go east from Santa Rosa charger!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

651 mile odometer:
5:07pm 20% \/ 40 mile estimated Santa Fe, 48F
5:22pm 34% \/ 65 miles
5:43pm 53% \/ 103 miles $4.49, added 48 miles (according to charger..) 35 minutes, 14.96 kWh
Hail storm – no bike<\/p>\n\n\n\n

690.8 mile odometer:
6:42pm 30% \/ 62 miles estimate
Home! 37F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leave 10:19am arrive 6:42pm — 10 hours, 20 minutes (did some Academy \/ Walmart, quick bike on the way out of LBB),<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOTAL: 691 miles, $52.64 (roughly cost of 50mpg gas trip, or so..)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking at estimated range vs actual distance travelled:
114 vs 116 (Clovis to Santa Rose) – good!
113 vs 75 (Clovis to Lubbock) – bad
161 vs 101 (Santa Rosa to Clovis) – ugly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For a few reasons (testing out EV driving for one!) I drove from Los Alamos, NM to Lubbock TX Saturday March 11, 2023 and then drove back home (Lubbock to Los Alamos) on Sunday March 12. TOTAL: 691 miles, $52.64 on electricity. I did a little homework using the PlugShare App (and reading reviews of … Continue reading EV Adventure: Los Alamos <> Lubbock<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/aproposnothing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/aproposnothing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/aproposnothing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/aproposnothing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/aproposnothing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/aproposnothing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":475,"href":"https:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/aproposnothing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions\/475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/aproposnothing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/aproposnothing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/aproposnothing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}