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I’ll try to pull a screen shot of the next charge. I’ve not particularly paid attentionto the percentage when it starts to taper.
I hope nebraska government utilizes federal funds b3ing released and build good infrastructure.Still on the road but spouse is driving so I’ve got some time to make updates.
Today has been a slower day of travel due to charger experiences across Nebraska. We started out from Des Moines, IA this morning. Car’s nav wanted us to charge at Lincoln, NE but that EA charger had been reported as down in both the EA app and on Plugshare. Decided to charge up at the EA charger in Council Bluffs, IA. That was a good charge.
Looking at the EA app, we noticed Lincoln was showing as active so decided to stop there. All four pedestals were working so we topped off. That was the last good charging experience we’ve had.
Next stop was the EA charger at Grand Island, NE. Arrived there to find an F-150 Lightening towing a trailer was charging. Next charger had a Bolt charging. I took the final charger and hooked up. Charger would only give 40 kw. Started talking to the F-150 owner….first charger was down. The charger they were on would only give them 11 kw. Since they were towing, the really need to charge. We noticed the Bolt wasn’t actively charging per the station. In fact, the Bolt had been sitting idle for nearly four hour. No owner around so as a group we decided to unplug the Bolt. They were able to successfully get close enough to the charger to hook up and got a good rate. So, basically, Grand Island had one station down, two stations giving limited power, and only one fully working station.
Since we were observing a theme, we decided to keep the R1T mostly fully and hit every fast charger along I-80. Our next stop was at Lexington, NE. One station completely dark, one station would only stay connected for 2-3 minutes at a good rate (150kw) before shutting down (apparently due to heat as cables were painfully to the touch). Finally got over to one of the working stations after the previous vehicle left. One dispenser cable didn’t work at all but other one did. Maintained a high rate of charge for an appropriate rate of time.
Our acquaintances in the F-150 showed up. They had no better luck with the stations than I did. After we finished, they took over our station. We then went to the EA station at North Platte, NE. Three of four stations totally dark. Station 4 gave a good charge. We’ve now got enough power to get to Fort Morgan, CO where I hope and pray the EA charger is working.
All in all, a very frustrating day not knowing if we can depend on chargers to be working.
Here are the efficiency pics for mostly each leg.
We were doing some long gradual climbs headed into the Denver area. Currently at Fort Morgan, CO. Expect some interesting numbers tomorrow as we head over the continental divide into the Gunnison area.
