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Leafer doing Mexico to Canada via Electric Highway June 12-20, 2012

Discussion in 'Nissan/Infiniti Hybrids and EVs' started by cwerdna, Jun 12, 2012.

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    I haven't been following the thread closely, but a Leafer is planning a (crazy, IMHO) trip in his Leaf from BC to BC. See My Nissan Leaf Forum • View topic - Mexico to Canada via Electric Highway June 12-20, 2012. He just started today.

    I have met him before. Personally, I think the trip is nuts in a Leaf. His plans are at My Nissan Leaf Forum • View topic - Mexico to Canada via Electric Highway June 12-20, 2012. I think he's going to run into charging issues, down charging stations (he's hit it a bunch of times before w/public Blink chargers and the one he has at home) and end up being behind schedule. Things should get better once he enters Oregon since there are a bunch of (CHAdeMO) DC quick chargers (aka "L3") there.

    Anyhow, I wish him luck and a safe journey...
     
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    He made it to Oregon about 2.5 hours ago. Thanks to the CHAdeMO DC quick chargers (no level 2 J1772 is NOT "quick" charging), he can do WAY more miles/day.
     
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    He did it! From his tracker, he made it to Canada earlier tonight and has crossed back into the US.
     
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    Months ago, Tony came up (as he occasionally does ... prior to, and subsequent to this event) one of the O.C. events. Oh! In fact, I almost forgot ... he stopped by our place to charge. So we went to the event in OUR Leaf. But ... I digress. Day one of the BC to BC event, I took off work early to meet up with Tony at the Laguna Beach Charge/Parking lot ... to hopefully save a charge stall & to give a hearty "well-wish". My significant memory of meeting up that morning was his (approximately) 11yr old daughter, who did the trip with Tony. She thought all the decals & stickers on the Leaf were way too crazy/over-the-top.
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    Glad he made it!
     
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