sfvR1S
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TLDR - even though my R1S is my 5th EV, just had my first "trip" with an EV and the R1S performed as well as I'd hoped.
Long version
Even though I've had EV's for 11+ years, they were mainly daily drivers with home level 2 charging and I had ICE trucks for weekends/trips. However, when I purchased the R1S, I sold my TRD Pro 4R so I was all in. And even though I've read about people making cross country trips with their EVs and this was only short distance, the R1S performed great and I didn't have any issues...other than with other EVs at charging stations.
I recently went from L.A. to the BMW Performance Center in Thermal. It's only about 170 miles one way, but would require charging since I couldn't make ~350 miles. Even though I could make it all the way to my hotel without charging, I planned on charging to 80% at EVgo in Rancho Mirage since the hotel had an EV charger. When I was about an hour away, I went to the navigation window and set my destination. It calculated I'd have around 45% remaining when I arrived. When I was around 30 minutes out, the battery preconditioning alert appeared even though it was ~ 78f. When I arrived at the charging station, the battery was still around 78f. I plugged in the charger, tapped my EVgo card, and it started charging. 24 minutes later, charging was complete and I added 49 kwh @ $26.56 ($0.54/kwh). When I got into the truck, it showed the battery temp was ~100f. I arrived at the hotel at around 85% and I plugged into the free charger. Unfortunately, it was only providing 4-5 miles/hour so it took about 15 hours to get back to 100%.
The following day, after I was done at the track, the truck calculated I'd have around 45 miles of range remaining when I got home. Great, I can make it back home without stopping. However, when I was about an hour away, I started getting tired/hungry so I looked at the available stations and decided to stop at Duarte EVgo. Just like at Rancho Mirage, plugged in, tapped the card, and the R1S started charging. This time it took 30 minutes to add 43 kwh @ $27.34 ($0.63 kwh). After charging, without preconditioning, the battery temp was in the low 90s. Cruised back home at a smooth 80-85mph.
Some initial impressions:
-On the way to Indio, I went through some real heavy rain and the truck never felt anything but solid. Auto windshield wipers did okay, but a few times, it didn't adjust quickly enough and I had to manually increase the wipers so I could see.
-Not sure how I feel about the windshield wiper controls. It's probably fine if auto worked a little better, but not the fastest/easiest to continuously adjust up and down.
-Managed to use the defrost functions and they worked great. Front and rear cleared up quick using hot air. Seat warmers were nice as well.
-The only issue I had on the trip was other people charging their EVs. In RM, an Ioniq 5 was parked in 2 stalls so I couldn't use the charger in front of the CVS and had to go the busier area next to an in n out. Picture below is from Duarte EVgo. This R1T driver had a trailer and the middle charger might've been out of order, but still not a good look.
-Now that I've had this 350 mile experience, I feel confident about longer trips.
-I'm dying for an off-road shakedown run, but not sure if I want to go without sliders. Maybe I'll just try the 4x4 practice area at Hungry Valley.
Long version
Even though I've had EV's for 11+ years, they were mainly daily drivers with home level 2 charging and I had ICE trucks for weekends/trips. However, when I purchased the R1S, I sold my TRD Pro 4R so I was all in. And even though I've read about people making cross country trips with their EVs and this was only short distance, the R1S performed great and I didn't have any issues...other than with other EVs at charging stations.
I recently went from L.A. to the BMW Performance Center in Thermal. It's only about 170 miles one way, but would require charging since I couldn't make ~350 miles. Even though I could make it all the way to my hotel without charging, I planned on charging to 80% at EVgo in Rancho Mirage since the hotel had an EV charger. When I was about an hour away, I went to the navigation window and set my destination. It calculated I'd have around 45% remaining when I arrived. When I was around 30 minutes out, the battery preconditioning alert appeared even though it was ~ 78f. When I arrived at the charging station, the battery was still around 78f. I plugged in the charger, tapped my EVgo card, and it started charging. 24 minutes later, charging was complete and I added 49 kwh @ $26.56 ($0.54/kwh). When I got into the truck, it showed the battery temp was ~100f. I arrived at the hotel at around 85% and I plugged into the free charger. Unfortunately, it was only providing 4-5 miles/hour so it took about 15 hours to get back to 100%.
The following day, after I was done at the track, the truck calculated I'd have around 45 miles of range remaining when I got home. Great, I can make it back home without stopping. However, when I was about an hour away, I started getting tired/hungry so I looked at the available stations and decided to stop at Duarte EVgo. Just like at Rancho Mirage, plugged in, tapped the card, and the R1S started charging. This time it took 30 minutes to add 43 kwh @ $27.34 ($0.63 kwh). After charging, without preconditioning, the battery temp was in the low 90s. Cruised back home at a smooth 80-85mph.
Some initial impressions:
-On the way to Indio, I went through some real heavy rain and the truck never felt anything but solid. Auto windshield wipers did okay, but a few times, it didn't adjust quickly enough and I had to manually increase the wipers so I could see.
-Not sure how I feel about the windshield wiper controls. It's probably fine if auto worked a little better, but not the fastest/easiest to continuously adjust up and down.
-Managed to use the defrost functions and they worked great. Front and rear cleared up quick using hot air. Seat warmers were nice as well.
-The only issue I had on the trip was other people charging their EVs. In RM, an Ioniq 5 was parked in 2 stalls so I couldn't use the charger in front of the CVS and had to go the busier area next to an in n out. Picture below is from Duarte EVgo. This R1T driver had a trailer and the middle charger might've been out of order, but still not a good look.
-Now that I've had this 350 mile experience, I feel confident about longer trips.
-I'm dying for an off-road shakedown run, but not sure if I want to go without sliders. Maybe I'll just try the 4x4 practice area at Hungry Valley.
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