Day 1 of Commute
Day 1 of the commute would be Monday morning. I had a Sunday night debacle where the 220V port was not working, so I had to charge with the 110V charger on Sunday night and Monday night
What's the issue with the 220V versus the 110V? The Kia Soul EV takes 5 hours to charge on a 220V charger while it takes 24 hours to charge on the 110V charger. Go figure, getting more electric current causes you to charge faster. Not every vehicle has the same time-length requirements, but you get the point (slower current = slower charge AND 110V is slower than 220V).
So my 220V debacle is that the 220V plug in my garage was not working. We had the electrician come over and fix their work on Tuesday morning. Once that was taken care of, I had full charges a plenty. But on Monday and Tuesday I had to drive to work with a 70% and 60% charge respectively. This is not a problem, but I do drive a roundtrip of 80 miles and I needed to make sure I made it home in the afternoon.
On the way home I decided to tempt my fate. I had done a lot of research on the drive, but I underestimated the ability of the downhill to recharge the battery. If you want to read about my predictions, that is in an earlier post on analyzing my commute. I figured that it would take me 49 miles to get home, but with the regen power of the battery, I figured I could make it.
I figured that I just had to make it to the peak, which was only 25 miles away, then the regen power would be enough to get me the other 15 miles to home. NOTE: the only charging stations on the way home are at Antonio and within 2 miles of home.
I drove straight past Antonio with 39 miles of charge and confident that I could make it. As you can see from the elevation graph above, that is really where the upward climb comes in. Here are the mile recordings for the trip.
As you can see, by the time I hit Lazy W, I was starting to be less confident, but I figured that I had to hit the peak and I would be good. I had the car in Drive Mode B with the ECO on (will explain that later, but it means that I was conserving Energy as much as possible). There was no AC going, and I turned off the radio to focus on my prayers as there is not a whole lot on that route (no cell phone service either).
When I hit the peak, I was so stoked. I knew that I could make it home as long as I regenerated battery on the steep downslope.
When I pulled into the driveway, the car displayed to say pull over and find a place to charge immediately, apparently a normal message at 5 miles left. Ensue silly grin because I was right. Another thing to notice is that on the way home, the cost of going 40 miles home is 40 miles of battery.
Oddly, since then I have not had range anxiety. I knew that my predictions of range on my commute were conservative, but I would rather err on that side than the other.
What's the issue with the 220V versus the 110V? The Kia Soul EV takes 5 hours to charge on a 220V charger while it takes 24 hours to charge on the 110V charger. Go figure, getting more electric current causes you to charge faster. Not every vehicle has the same time-length requirements, but you get the point (slower current = slower charge AND 110V is slower than 220V).
So my 220V debacle is that the 220V plug in my garage was not working. We had the electrician come over and fix their work on Tuesday morning. Once that was taken care of, I had full charges a plenty. But on Monday and Tuesday I had to drive to work with a 70% and 60% charge respectively. This is not a problem, but I do drive a roundtrip of 80 miles and I needed to make sure I made it home in the afternoon.
Day 1 of the Commute
Monday: 69 miles on the battery. I drove to work, 40 miles. When I got there, the range was listed as 46 miles. I had only used 23 miles. Here is the elevation and mileage data from that morning.
On the way home I decided to tempt my fate. I had done a lot of research on the drive, but I underestimated the ability of the downhill to recharge the battery. If you want to read about my predictions, that is in an earlier post on analyzing my commute. I figured that it would take me 49 miles to get home, but with the regen power of the battery, I figured I could make it.
I drove straight past Antonio with 39 miles of charge and confident that I could make it. As you can see from the elevation graph above, that is really where the upward climb comes in. Here are the mile recordings for the trip.
As you can see, by the time I hit Lazy W, I was starting to be less confident, but I figured that I had to hit the peak and I would be good. I had the car in Drive Mode B with the ECO on (will explain that later, but it means that I was conserving Energy as much as possible). There was no AC going, and I turned off the radio to focus on my prayers as there is not a whole lot on that route (no cell phone service either).
When I hit the peak, I was so stoked. I knew that I could make it home as long as I regenerated battery on the steep downslope.
When I pulled into the driveway, the car displayed to say pull over and find a place to charge immediately, apparently a normal message at 5 miles left. Ensue silly grin because I was right. Another thing to notice is that on the way home, the cost of going 40 miles home is 40 miles of battery.
Oddly, since then I have not had range anxiety. I knew that my predictions of range on my commute were conservative, but I would rather err on that side than the other.
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