first long trip for me in the SR+, dropping son back at uni in Bath. about 185 miles round trip so I was hoping to do it in one go without charging, but was prepared to top up if needed.
On the way out, the tesla navigation said I’d get there with about 45% battery left which seemed pessimistic as I’d topped up to 100% and preconditioned before leaving just as a test. As we went along - part 60mph roadworks, part 70mph cruise, it slowly edged up to more like 57% remaining. Which made me confident I’d get back ok.
On the return leg it routed me via wokingham which wasn’t ideal as its a bit off the M4 so Membury would have been easier. Trying to remove it, said I’d arrive with -7%. Maybe I could have made it without charing but rather than risk on my first trip I thought I’d try out Membury so set that as the destination. When I arrived I couldn’t get the first stall to plug in properly (probably me, a model X pulled up to that stall later and seemed fine). Popped to the loo and came back and it had already gone from 25-50%! I was as quick as I could have been, allowing for being slightly hesitant with COVID etc so sanitising etc but still coudln’t have been more than a few minutes. Sat and ate a sandwich that I’d bought with me from home and when I was done I was at about 60% and way more than needed to get home.
Not entirely sure about the range - round trip of 186 miles being barely doable at motorway speeds in cruise control is a little bit of a shame - had hoped 200 would have been fine, but the convenience and speed of adding in 25% charge in 15 mins overall was great. And the increased cost for the LR was hard to justify for most of my usage. Maybe next time.
If there was a supercharger (or reliable 3rd party rapid CCS) at every motorway services so you can stop whenever someone in the car needs a wee then that would be great (rather than now where you kind of need to go ‘oh leigh delamare is nice but if you can tie a knot in it until membury...’)
On the way out, the tesla navigation said I’d get there with about 45% battery left which seemed pessimistic as I’d topped up to 100% and preconditioned before leaving just as a test. As we went along - part 60mph roadworks, part 70mph cruise, it slowly edged up to more like 57% remaining. Which made me confident I’d get back ok.
On the return leg it routed me via wokingham which wasn’t ideal as its a bit off the M4 so Membury would have been easier. Trying to remove it, said I’d arrive with -7%. Maybe I could have made it without charing but rather than risk on my first trip I thought I’d try out Membury so set that as the destination. When I arrived I couldn’t get the first stall to plug in properly (probably me, a model X pulled up to that stall later and seemed fine). Popped to the loo and came back and it had already gone from 25-50%! I was as quick as I could have been, allowing for being slightly hesitant with COVID etc so sanitising etc but still coudln’t have been more than a few minutes. Sat and ate a sandwich that I’d bought with me from home and when I was done I was at about 60% and way more than needed to get home.
Not entirely sure about the range - round trip of 186 miles being barely doable at motorway speeds in cruise control is a little bit of a shame - had hoped 200 would have been fine, but the convenience and speed of adding in 25% charge in 15 mins overall was great. And the increased cost for the LR was hard to justify for most of my usage. Maybe next time.
If there was a supercharger (or reliable 3rd party rapid CCS) at every motorway services so you can stop whenever someone in the car needs a wee then that would be great (rather than now where you kind of need to go ‘oh leigh delamare is nice but if you can tie a knot in it until membury...’)
with Gridserve replacing all the Ecotricity chargers we may be closer to your “reliable CCS at every services” by the end of this year.
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