Winter conditions throw some wrinkles into longer drives in electric vehicles, and patience may be a requirement not in the manual
About midway into our drive from Toronto to Montreal during the March Break, I stopped to charge our electric vehicle at a rest stop along the highway, reclined my driver’s seat, closed my eyes and took in the late-winter sunshine.
Before I could defend myself – getting a full charge is not good for battery health, slows things down even more at public fast-chargers, and demonstrates poor etiquette if anyone is waiting – my daughter piped in with a couple of pointed questions from the back seat.Those few lines defined our 550-kilometre drive to Montreal, which took – I’m embarrassed to admit this – nearly eight hours. Yes, one way.
Include a safety buffer – I like to keep at least a 20-per-cent charge, just in case – and my actual range was considerably less, forcing me to stop three times on each leg of the journey. Combine that with time to park and fiddle with a charging app and, well, you have all the ingredients for a mutiny.
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