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Mapatni - I’m planning a trip to the eastern UP and this charging stop would help with range anxiety. If you have time can you give details about charging amps, availability and any other observations that you think could be helpful
Coincidentally, my wife just used this one today. They're 208V, 32A.Anybody know how many amps they're delivering?
Here are the photos. The spaces are presently not marked as EV spaces nor were poles installed for signs to be installed upon. This could likely end up being ICED during popular days even if signed because the lot they are is popular for parking with marina traffic. I included a satellite image showing the charger location circled in red.
Thanks for the detailed post, I was getting a little worried since this place seems to be a little far from any superchargers and couldn't find a hotel with any chargers.
Personally I think you're being overly cautious for Mackinaw City. It's only 60 miles from the Gaylord Supercharger, and there are two locations in town that have Tesla chargers as well as some NEMA/J1772 outlets. I believe they are marked well enough so that they will not be ICED. Besides all of that...it's summer. I don't know about your car, but my car loves the heat. It runs so efficiently when it's hot outside.
Perhaps I missed what car (battery) you have, but I would think even the 60's would be fine for this trip. I know I could do it in my 90D without even using any destination chargers in town and still have plenty of range to spare.
How long are you going to be there, in Mackinaw City? Because that's the only possible concerning factor. If you're only going for one day...then obviously it's an easy drive even without any Destination Chargers. But still...I don't believe you'll have an issue with the Destination chargers there. In the one place there are FOUR of them. Two on each post. The cords are plenty long enough to reach to your car if you can get in one of the six spots that are in front of the chargers during any day that you are there. You should only need to charge once also... I mean, just stay plugged in till you get topped back up. Gaylord is only 60 miles away and you don't need to charge every day. The first seven weeks that I had my car I only charged it up on the weekends.
Anyway, I was there in August last year... As you can see...plenty of open spots at 4:30 in the afternoon.
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And as for planning a bit more due to battery size...that's all relative. No matter what size of battery you have there will likely be some trip that you want to take which will stretch the limits. In 2-1/2 years with my car (and over 70,000 all electric miles) I've certainly had more than my share of those types of journeys. Which is perhaps why i have a bit more confidence in these cars at this point. They are incredible machines and amazingly predictable (regarding how much energy they will use) when you go at a consistent speed in consistent conditions.
But, I encourage you to look at all the graphs in your car, and see how much energy you use at various highway speeds... Check all the route planners that also show consumption and take into account elevations (such as A Better Routeplanner) until you reach your own level of comfort with your car. After you've done that you'll have a much better appreciation of the true range of your car. Then you'll know that there are indeed some trips that you won't be able to make...I just don't believe this is one of them.
Gaylord to Mackinaw and back in the heat of the summer should be easy.
The better route planner is not even close but the planning features in it are really good which is why I am trying to make it work for me. I just wish Tesla would update their routing to do similar things.
That's been a common ask for years now. (Way-points!!!) Hopefully someday soon.
Sounds like you're doing exactly what I did when I got my MS. I delved rather heavily into the graphs and all the data that I could absorb as I was new to EVs as well. But with time and experience comes the understanding of the limits of the car.
Did I mention when I was charging up in Mackinaw City that I then left there and drove all the way over to Green Bay, Wisconsin (Howard SC) all on one charge... 258 miles without stopping and I left with the car saying it had 262 miles of range. Got to the SC with 14 miles to spare. I certainly would not have tried that trip in the first few months that I had my car...but after driving it for over a year by that time, I had supreme confidence in what it could do. And there were few backup plans in place in case I needed to charge up (RV park, hotel). Now...the car Nav didn't want to have any part of that trip. It wanted me to go back around through Chicago...but I knew it would make it.
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