Yep. I find it useful in explaining to ICE drivers that the Leaf holds the energy equivalent of a gallon of gas (rounding roughly), but gets in the neighborhood of 90 miles to a gallon.
Cal Frye Oberlin, OH www.calfrye.com/evs.html > brucedp5 via EV <mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org> > September 24, 2017 at 1:24 PM > > [ref > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Los-Angeles-to-Las-Vegas-missing-links-for-CHAdeMO-users-tp4687991.html > ... if only there were CHAdeMO fast chargers in Barstow, Baker, and Primm > ... 2013 Leaf ... > ] > > The highway those cities are are on I-15. Assuming you leave your LA home > and connect to I-15, the first L3 going east from LA is at Victorville and > reading the plugshare.com comments, you would have to stay with your > Leaf to > repeatedly restart your L3 charge as it shuts itself off before it should > (eVgo sez they'll investigate). > > From there it is not only a water-less desert but, also a L3& j1772-less > desert until you get to Las Vegas. > > I'll assume your 2013 Leaf EV has the L2-6kW on-board charger. There are > plenty of L2 charging on that route, but even the quickest L2 method of > charging to 80%SOC, unplug, & go to the next EVSE, would take 3hours > at each > EVSE. > > Real-life: > 15 minutes at Victorville on eVgo's L3 + > https://api.plugshare.com/view/location/53655 > 14400 Bear Valley Rd., Victorville, CA 92392 > > 3hrs at Barstow on RV-park L2 (expensive, negotiate during the day, > bring a > 14-50 to j1772 6kW EVSE)+ > https://api.plugshare.com/view/location/82799 > 36445 Soapmine Rd, Barstow CA 92311 > > 3hrs at Baker on RV-park L2 (call during the day to arrange, bring a 14-50 > to j1772 6kW EVSE) + > https://api.plugshare.com/view/location/45541 > 56370 Death Valley Rd, Baker, CA 92364 > > 3hrs at Primm on Chargepoint's L2 + > https://api.plugshare.com/view/location/15160 > 100 West Primm Blvd., Primm, NV 89019 > > 15min at Henderson on eVgo's L3 > https://api.plugshare.com/view/location/81329 > 2601 Wigwam Pkwy, Henderson, NV 89074 > > Combined, that's 10+hours of L3+L2 charging from Victorville to Las Vegas > (20+hrs if you only have a 3kW on-board charger), and it is expensive and > inconvenient. > > But if you really-really wanted to, it could be done (that is the kind of > wackadoodle EV-adventure-driving I did in the 90's to prove an EV could do > it. But today, with 200+mi production EVs and public L3 EVSE, we > should not > need to). > > So, why isn't there a contiguous chain of public L3&L2 on I-15? > There has been a whole-lot of pr talk about it: > https://www.google.com/search?q=los+angeles+vegas+I-15+chademo > > https://www.evgo.com/about/news/evgo-breaks-ground-first-public-high-power-electric-vehicle-charging-station-connecting-los-angeles-las-vegas-worlds-tallest-thermometer/ > > but nothing completed/accomplished. Trying other sources, looking for > public EVSE along I-15: > > https://www.evgo.com/charging-locations/ > > https://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/electricity_locations.html > shows nothing more. > > Bottom line: You would have to bring your own 6kW EVSE with a 14-50 > plug on > it and also be stuck paying way too much to charge. > > > IMO: ever since the erratic, bizarre, fed administration was elected, > it has > been an unreliable entity. From a business standpoint, I can see that > uncertainty being why EVSE companies do not feel they have an > incentive nor > reason to complete the installation of public EVSE between LA and Las > Vegas > (I don't like it, but there it is in all its self-absorbed glory). > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/evln/ > > > {brucedp.neocities.org} > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > Dan Kegel via EV <mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org> > September 24, 2017 at 1:15 AM > Hi all! > My family drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and back this summer, > but we did it in our ICE rather than our Leaf... > if only there were CHAdeMO fast chargers in Barstow, Baker, and Primm, > it'd be possible. > > I hear EVGo is planning a fast charger in Baker, but it's still in the > future. > > Anyone heard any news lately? > > I'd even be happy with a working chain of CCS chargers, that'd be an > excuse > to replace my 2013 Leaf :-) > > - Dan > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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