i am charging in Angola now, then Mishawaka in about 1 hr 30 minutes. I will clear up some fuzyness on the topic when I get home instead of slowly tapping on my iphone.
But, If I wasn't clear on it, rqed mart, I did pull off the freeway and charged enough on a 120v to make it to the SC. Where I was, the distance to level 2's I found were the same or further distance then going to the SC. On top of that, the pack was already warm, their was no temp limiting at all, no regen limit, nothing, I had full 60 kW regen. That is why I was so surprised, and was not expecting the pack heater to kick in.
Coming from niagra, which was only 216 miles from Macedonia sc, I was doing 55mph or less the whole route, and stopped and charged on a BMW dealers brand new charge point for 5 hrs in Erie, PA. after leaving their, I limped along with a 40 mile buffer to make it to Macedonia. We ran into extremely high winds, and had miles upon miles of uphill driving. I was on that strech averaging 290 to 300 w/mile, which is 1 to 1 or slightly better. it was just crazy that despite that, range kept dropping, the hills finally got me. by the time all was said, started looking for a level 2. unfortunately, the exits are few and far between in that area. and, due to I wing windshield reducing visibility, I managed to get moved into the express lane, which blocked my access to exits for a long period, causing me to miss the most easily accessible level 2's. to back track to them would have been further or same distance as going to the sc at that point, which is where the 120v charging comes in. pack was hot, thought I had enough at 230 w/mile to make it, would have then the heater kicked in, and my energy usage went sky high despite a warm pack that was just driven 200 miles.
I do take responsibility and should have planned thing out better, I'm not denying that. thread started askingb opinions on when the car gets bricked and needs a service center. I need to leave now so will check in later.