When will a Bolt EV be able to travel coast to coast using only CCS charging?
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No idea. I fly. Or if I can't it's because I'm towing heavy.
Until there is demand for EV's in the midwest, I doubt we will see a lot of money spent on recharging them. The areas I drive to in sedans is already CCS coverage, and has been for awhile. About 1200 x 300 miles of territory.
Until there is demand for EV's in the midwest, I doubt we will see a lot of money spent on recharging them. The areas I drive to in sedans is already CCS coverage, and has been for awhile. About 1200 x 300 miles of territory.
He said CCS, but you can certainly go coast to coast in a Bolt right now. You just will have midwest gaps in the CCS coverage, and have to resort to L2.
Based on Plugshare CCS network, one should be able to do a NY City to LA drive in a Bolt EV with some planning, using CCS only "for the most part". The only challenges are some large gaps between Kansas and Colorado, and between Colorado and CA. These gaps could be handled by an overnight L2 charge along Route 70
Fine with me if you want to hypothetically drive it at 35 MPH on lower speed routes or frontage roads to the interstate highways. But only CCS DC charging allowed. No L1/L2.
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On a related note... "EV Trip Planner"
https://evtripplanner.com/
Tesla and Leaf only right now but it looks like the seed of a really good project.
https://evtripplanner.com/
Tesla and Leaf only right now but it looks like the seed of a really good project.
No doubt he'd be the one trying to do it on frontage roads at 35 mph.I bet ari_c could travel cross-country in a Bolt using just the current CCS infrastructure.
If you added just 2 CCS stations, one in Kansas and one in Utah, it looks like you could get very close to doing it today if you really stretched your range to some of the higher numbers that have been mentioned.
Once we see Bolts being sold in quantity, and if a good number of them have CCS ports, we could see the map start to fill in. As it is, the map looks good for eastern seaboard and west coast travel, plus some other areas. Except for long-haul trucking, few people really drive cross country on a regular basis. Regional travel is much more common.
I think an equally important question is how much would it cost to drive that route? Some of the public charging pricing seems high and that could add up on a trip like that.
Once we see Bolts being sold in quantity, and if a good number of them have CCS ports, we could see the map start to fill in. As it is, the map looks good for eastern seaboard and west coast travel, plus some other areas. Except for long-haul trucking, few people really drive cross country on a regular basis. Regional travel is much more common.
I think an equally important question is how much would it cost to drive that route? Some of the public charging pricing seems high and that could add up on a trip like that.
NY <-> LA is the classic "Cannonball" run. Distance-wise, San Diego <-> Jacksonville is shortest mileage-wise to meet my challenge. But even Tesla hasn't supercharged I-10 in Western Texas and New Mexico yet.
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Naw, he's limited to roundabouts and random parking garagesI bet ari_c could travel cross-country in a Bolt using just the current CCS infrastructure.
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Well bloody good for you. But, and there are many people who drive cross country for many reasons, or even to the mid section for many reasons. And many people including moi, only have one car for the family And frankly if my daughter ever gets her DL I will give her my Volt and buy a pure EV, I'm done with gas.
As for reasons people may wish to drive cross country, here a few examples; taking a child to college with all their possessions, as I have done done in my Volt but would have loved to be able to do it in a EV. Or maybe to see the vast beauty of this country including the finest national park systems in the world that lies between the east and west coast in vehicle that non polluting from its tailpipe. Or the many historic sites that lie between Ca and NY, or maybe just maybe to show the midwest that EVs are viable transportation modes.
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I was looking at buying a CPO MS, but even with their SC and Destination Charging network there were still far too many gaps and seams in the lower 48 that still make living with a BEV as your only vehicle dicey.
So I own a 2017 Volt. Am hoping the VW fine money will go a long way towards in building out the electric highway. For now I view the Bolt as the perfect urban family hauler. I'm driving from southern IL to southern MD for Thanksgiving and today the Bolt couldn't do it.
So I own a 2017 Volt. Am hoping the VW fine money will go a long way towards in building out the electric highway. For now I view the Bolt as the perfect urban family hauler. I'm driving from southern IL to southern MD for Thanksgiving and today the Bolt couldn't do it.
+1 and well-said.
I enjoy cross-country drives, and have done so quite a number of times over the past 40+ years. Mostly between the Mid-West and West. In fact, I will probably be doing a Milwaukee->California run in a couple of months. Thinking about following Route 66 as much as possible between St Louis and, say, Barstow, Ca. before heading north.
So I always buy cars with road trips in mind. Frankly I think it is pretty exciting that we are on the verge of being able to do it in a reasonably priced EV.
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Just for reference below is an image of the CCS plugs as of August (Courtesy of Breezy in the thread posted below). The network has grown since this snap shot but it's pretty close. Light grey is 175 miles. Dark Grey is half of that.
http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?253466-CCS-DC-fast-charger-coverage-map/page2
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http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?253466-CCS-DC-fast-charger-coverage-map/page2
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