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2018-10-03 e-Golf Long Drives Mar-Sep 2018 Posted on October 04, 2018 00:08:56.

Vacaville 3/16/2018

66 miles to Vacaville Journey Coffee, 5/8 tank left, 47 degrees, eco plus mode all the way, 60 mph except once override to pass. No heat.
Around 73 miles at Vacaville Kaiser 19/32 tank left so ~178 mile range, 4.3 mi/wh. But it said 81 miles left, 154 miles. Need 54 miles to get back to work chargers in Rohnert Park plus 25 buffer so 79 could make it without charging. But there are 3 Sema Connect chargers and no one here. One person came up with a plug-in but didnÕt plug in grrr. Need to get a Sema Connect card, but 800 number worked. Charged about 45 minutes, 94 mi range when I left.

Truckee 3/30 Ð 4/1/2018

Stopped at Walmart in West Sac, ate at Chipotle. 32% charge when we arrived. Fast charge on EVgo. 70 degrees out, 8 PM. When done charging after 30 minutes charge was at 27/32 with 130 mile range.
Passed Roseville fast charger 11/16, Loomis 5/8, Auburn 1/2, Colfax 5/16.
Stop at Dutch Flat with 5/32 left and only 13 mile range, too low, 57 deg out. Only charged at 81 amps, not 100 amps. Batteries must have been too hot after climbing the hill, causing battery manager to throttle back the charge rate. 9/16 charge when we left.
Kingvale chargers were gray = not network connected, so we stopped at Nyack with 3/8 left. Only charged at 66 amps. Finished after ? hour at only 66% and 49 mi range. Maybe charging at Colfax better, before the big hill?
3/8 when we arrived at Tahoe Donner. 120V charged from there.
Left full 4/1/2018, drove 88 miles to West Sacramento, 32% charge left. After ? hour got up to 84%

Truckee 7/6-8/2018

Stopped in Davis at 40% at 8:13 pm; 100% 45 mins later.
Stopped at Colfax at 40%; charged at only 70 amps...too hot again? Only 84% after 45 mins. Restarted the charge at 49 amps and charged another 15 mins up to 93%.
Arrived in Truckee with 27% charge. 120V charge overnight.
The next day charged at Tahoe City Save Mart, 45% at 9:38 am, 90% after 1/2 hour. Went to Emerald Bay and back to Truckee. Charged 120V overnight.
Left for Donner Pass full! Sunday 9:40 AM, arrive at PCT trailhead 27/32, arrive back in Truckee 5 pm 7/8. Charged on 120V for a little, then left for home 6:50 pm 29/32.
Arrive West Sac Walmart 42%. Left at 9:10 after it stopped at 89%.

Truckee 9/21-23/2018

Leave Santa Rosa full 6 PM. Stopped at Davis 49% 8:03 pm 82 degrees. Full before 8:44, less than 41 minutes.
Stopped at Colfax 9:52, 43%, 72 degrees. Charged at full 100 amps, down to 32 amps at 96% when it stopped at 10:36, 45 minutes later.
Arrived at Truckee ~11:30 PM with ~35% charge.
Left for home Sunday midday. Started at 13/16, forgot to re-plug in after going shopping Saturday.
77% at Albertsons, charged at 99 amps 1:02 pm, at 1:24 99%.
Stopped at Vacaville outlet mall 9/32. One SAE combo was busy. Used EV Go level 2 charger 30 amps 240V 20 MPH charge rate 4:30 PM start 39 mile range. At 4:55 switched to fast charger. At 5:19 stopped at 75%.

4 long gas burning trips in the eGolf since weÕve had the eGolf

1. College tours in April to UCLA, UCSD and Cal Poly. Did not feel like we had the time to charge on our compressed trip, but should recalculate.
2. Cal Poly orientation late July.
3. Backpacking in early August in Desolation; not enough cargo for 4 backpacks but could get topper.
4. Cal Poly dropoff mid-September.