That is the second lengthy journey I’ve made in our i4, after Dallas – San Antonio, and I made certain it was a problem. Dallas to San Francisco Bay Space, 1800 miles, 2 days. We discovered rather a lot on the journey out, handled just a few surprising twists and turns, and a few anticipated points that didn’t come to fruition.
Im going to interrupt up my journey into a number of sections, in any other case it should change into too lengthy a submit. I additionally need to have the ability to get some concepts and suggestions to make our return smoother. And I feel it additionally makes issues extra related to debate totally different features of the i4 along with lengthy vary driving within the i4 and EVs usually.
We selected to drive for quite a lot of causes. We’ve performed the drive twice earlier than, and with 4 up and our beagle as soon as, so the journey was not unfamiliar. We didnt need to topic our canine to flying, however probably must resort to doing that in future, though very reluctantly(You’ll know why after studying the entire submit collection). We truly dropped two youngsters on the airport when leaving in order that the journey can be extra comfy for 2 adults and a 30 pound canine. And if you realize the brand new era, sitting for two days on the street is attempting for throughout.
Listed here are the stats:
Automobile – 2022 i4 e40, M Sport, 19 all season tires, DAPP (adaptive cruise management)Producers vary – 282 miles20-80% SOC vary – 170 milesRegen mode – AdaptiveDrive Mode – Eco ProPayload – 2 adults, 30lb canine,, 1 curler bag, 1 gymnasium bag, backpacks and varied pet itemsDeparture – Saturday 12/17 6pm CTArrival – Saturday 12/19 6pm PT (50 hours together with stops)Route – Dallas – Midland (motel) – El Paso – Tucson – Phoenix – Blythe (motel) – Los Angeles – San Francisco (1800 miles)Mileage – about 3.0 mi/kWh Charging Stops – 18 or 19Charging Value – $0 (Electrify America new automobile plan and free public charging in a single day)State of Cost vary – 15-80percentSpeed – Initially 5 mph over restrict. Later at velocity limitTemperature vary – 29-55 levels fahrenheitBiggest challenge encountered (automobile associated) – Quick charging velocity decreased by 40% after 8 prices (didn’t revert to regular till 2 days later)Greatest challenge encountered (non-car associated) – Beagle began growling and barking at strangers in the midst of the evening from the motel rooms. Didn’t enable good restful sleep. About 4 hours per evening.Longest wait to cost – About 25 min (Enos Ave, Bakersfield CA)
General, it was a combined bag. We accomplished the journey within the time anticipated, not sooner or slower. It was tiring from a sleep perspective, however we may additionally relaxation extraordinarily comfortably within the i4, so we by no means felt drained driving or unsafe. And the i4 simply eats up the miles comfortably, quietly and with extra efficiency. However we’d probably not do the journey once more within the i4, or any EV (aside from a Tesla) on account of infrastructure. No regrets nevertheless, and an expertise that we are going to all the time keep in mind.
Now were simply getting set for the return in per weeks time.
Hyperlinks to Different Components of this Journey Report:
Route Planning timing, season, bottlenecks (Put up 2/11) – https://bmwi.bimmerpost.com/boards/s….php?t=1979774
Quick Charging degraded 40-50% after 5 quick prices (Put up 3/11) – https://bmwi.bimmerpost.com/boards/s….php?t=1979776
Holy Trinity of EVs Velocity, Temperature, Terrain (Put up 4/11) – https://bmwi.bimmerpost.com/boards/s….php?t=1979777
Is a protracted journey EV journey for me? (Put up 5/11) – https://bmwi.bimmerpost.com/boards/s….php?t=1979778
Packing the i4 for a protracted vary journey and Pets (Put up 6/11) – https://bmwi.bimmerpost.com/boards/s….php?t=1979779
Freeway driving EV vs ICE (Put up 7/11) – https://bmwi.bimmerpost.com/boards/s….php?t=1979780
Electrify America Expertise and Tesla Supercharging (Put up 8/11) – https://bmwi.bimmerpost.com/boards/s….php?t=1979781
Los Angeles to San Francisco hall (Put up 9/11) – https://bmwi.bimmerpost.com/boards/s….php?t=1979783
Having navigator and co-pilot (Put up 10/11) – https://bmwi.bimmerpost.com/boards/s….php?t=1979784
Managing your stops relaxation, meals, the place to cease (Put up 11/11) – https://bmwi.bimmerpost.com/boards/s….php?t=1979786
Final edited by mbchris; 12-26-2022 at 05:26 PM..