Bolt EV Road Trip: Boston, MA to Syracuse, NY (DCFC Desert)

Описание: Shortly before Christmas (2018), we took a trip to Syracuse to meet up with family from Ohio and enjoy the world- (okay, state-?) renowned "Lights on the Lake" display at nearby Onondaga Lake. It made for an interesting medium range adventure (620 miles round trip from Boston but with an overnight stay), the first half of which is covered by this video.

The journey highlights both sides of the EV road trip experience, with plenty of charging options and very little disruption throughout Massachusetts and New York's Capital Region. Things require much more planning after Albany, NY where an extended stretch of the NY Thruway qualifies as a "DC Fast Charge Desert" at the time of recording.

Enjoy the full journey or skip ahead via the time markers below to see if we made it!


Time Stamps:
1:41 - Onto the Mass Pike (I-90W)
2:37 - Solar on the Mass Pike
2:54 - #TotalGridlock
3:27 - Charlton Service Plaze EVgo exit
3:46 - Sturbridge MA EVgoexit
4:17 - #Cloudporn
4:27 - Don't Go Chasing Teslas
6:59 - Electrify America @ Chicopee Marketplace exit
7:20 - Up into the Berkshires, reviewing journey so far + temperature
8:52 - Arriving for charge at Lee Service Plaza, Western Massachusetts
9:43 - Start free charge + #EVcurious inquiry
10:13 - First leg recap + discussing battery temperature/DCFC speed (charge test sessions below)
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12:00 - Back on the road, 184 miles to Syracuse, NY
12:30 - Into NY state, talking optimal charge location vs. current charging infrastructure (spoiler: DCFC desert after Albany!)
14:50 - Onto NY-20 to use last public DC fast charger for 300 miles
15:52 - Plugging in at Guilderland, NY EVgo
16:35 - Keira meet KEIRA
16:51 - Session summary + cost estimate
17:12 - Back on road for final leg to Syracuse - 136 miles left... enough range?!
18:09 - Silver lining for NY state charging infrastructure?
19:42 - Fading
20:11 - Example site for additional DCFC charging site
20:26 - "Charge Soon" warning
21:00 - "Reduced Propulsion" warning
21:47 - "Low"
22:15 - Results

Music:

Back To The Wood by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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