First road trip since purchasing the Kona

Just finished a 210 mile drive with the family (2 adults, 2 kids and luggage) from Lakeland/FL to the Fort Lauderdale area. There are no Level 3 stations inbetween.. Arrived at the Level 3 charger with 23% charge remaining (56 miles). 210 miles with 4 people in the car and AC on and some heavy rain on the way and about 266 mile range is not bad.. Charged at Electrify America while having lunch without issues.. $13.50 to charge to 80%

 

It was a 50kw charger. I intentionally looked for the 50kw charger as I didn't want to pay the $.58 per minute.. There were 150kw and 350kw chargers in the area but I wanted to pay less.

 

$.21 per minute and $1 session fee

 

Energy delivered is of course incorrect.

 

Despite charging on a slower 50kw charger, charging finished faster than I was hoping as I had to interrupt lunch to disconnect the car to avoid idle fees of .40 per minute.

 

Just checked my e-mail receipt.. it shows that they gave me a $13.45 discount, effectively paying nothing.. Not sure why?

 

Glitch in the system. My guess is about 36 to 37 kw used.. 57 percent of 64 kwh is about 36.5 kw..

 

I'm not sure... i definitely won't complain

 

I will use the same charger again when heading home.. Hopefully it won't charge me again.. Charging without being charged for charging

 

If it won't charge me again on Sunday, i will make more free trips to Fort Lauderdale in the future..

Maybe my Kona is Trans and identifying as a Harley..
We have Gender Identity.. why not vehicle type identity.

 

Day 2 of my trip. After sone local driving, I was down to 69%. Wife had an appointment, so I went to a free Level 2 charger in front of a Park. Took the kids to the playground while car was charging. After 1.5 hours, car was back to 80%. About 5.7kw speed.
Have to get to at least 90% for the trip back home tomorrow..
I could take a route that ia 30 miles longer with a Level 3 along the way.. If I take the shortest route, there are 200 miles without a Level 3 charger and only 4 Level 2 chargers at car dealerships and you never know if they let other brands charge. Later today, we will be at Sawgrass mall which has 4 chargers but they are often occupied.

 

Another update.. I'm at Sawgrass Mills mall now.. initially, all 4 charging spots were taken.
One Model S which wasn't even plugged in, one Model 3 which was finished charging but didn't move the car as also a Volt and a Clarity who both were finished and hadn't moved their car.. Luckily, I checked back 30 mins later and the Volt had left and I'm charging now while shopping at the mall.. 6 kw speed. Not too bad.. should be close to 95 percent when we leave the mall..

 

I think that EV makers should inform buyers about EV etiquette..
Ended up getting 96% charge tonight.. will be back there tomorrow before heading home to get to 100%. I was the last EV there when I left..