Roadtrip - which car would you take?

nice. Looks like good weather as well. Like the spare tire plan..

 

342.4 mile road trip yesterday, almost entirely highway driving with A/C on most of the time.

96.181 kWh total consumed (including losses). DC charged 4 times, final was AC for trip measure.

3.56 mi/kWh overall efficiency calculated for the round-trip to destination then returning home.

While that is a great result, it is still inconvenient, expensive and risky. PHEV is still the way to go.

 

My purpose was reconnaissance and observation of the recent major software update from Toyota. Chargers there still bill by the minute and I pushed to 100% twice. When I actually do a trip up north later this year, I will be away from fast-charging for an extended period and won't have the luxury of time then. Learning those limits was vital, even if it meant getting robbed blind by the only chargers available. It's like going to the State Fair for a day of fun. You don't care how much each food item costs, as long as you stay within the budget allocated for the day... which is exactly what I did for this trip.

btw, my destination objective was coffee & scones. They are our favorites, an easy justification for the 171 miles of driving each way to collect data from. It also cancelled out any bias travel direction may have contributed to, since I immediately turned around to return home after that purchase was complete.