320 mile round trip, 6 small charging sessions and some lessons to myself about charging.
Range and road trips are relative. To many this little 320 trip is nothing. Its the equivelant of 1000 miles in Kona or long range Tesla.
The Mini is used by most owners within its 100 mile comfort zone but on the rare occasion we stretch its legs, I wanted to share some genuine experiences.
Its not sensational, its not comical or disastrous and hence doesn't fit the shock and extreme nature of so many programmes and videos. It's simply real world, honest experience, as it happens and unrehearsed.
This trip would definitely be easier in a longer range EV but what a dull drive it might be by comparison. The Mini's joys make up for the need to charge sooner and that's the compromise.
My mistake between Gainsborough, Barton on Humber and Boston, getting the charging and range wrong wouldn't have happened in my Kona, its much easier to have larger contingencies in a longer range EV.
Is what I experienced normal? Broken chargers but lots of options but sadly not on the rural A and B roads that we prefer . Those routes definitely have fewer options.
We're off on a longer trip next week so this is the practice run.
Whats really interesting to me is the contrast between having a destination charger at the hotel vs having to search for chargers on arrival. I definitely prefer hotels with destination chargers.
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