Today was our first truly out-of-town trip in the new car: from Grand Rapids we drove to Mcbain just east of Cadillac, MI.
Leaving the garage fully charged at 100% and reading 304 est. miles, the drive took us about 90 minutes for a distance of 104 miles by which time the car was down to 55%! Bit of a shocker there but all part of this very serious learning curve.
After our family visit in Mcbain we drove into Cadillac and found the Electrify America charging station in the Meijer grocery store parking lot just off US131.
While I sat with Susie's mom while the car charged, Susie went into the store to pick up a few things and after about 20 minutes were were back up to 80% -- more than enough to get back home with plenty of juice to spare.
The charging station worked fine and we were especially pleased since we didn't have to pay -- VW owns EA and provides 3 years of free charging to new ID.4 owners.
Another nice thing about this latest experience is we now have a charging plan for our trip next month to Sault-Sainte-Marie, Ontario: stop at the EA stations in Cadillac and then in Gaylord (no cost) which will get us to our hotel in Ontario.
Once in Ontario we have access to a charging station at our hotel so we'll be able to head off with a full charge for our return trip stopping in the same EA stations on the way home. But that's getting a bit ahead of our story. . .
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