Yesterday we spent the day at Masterton and the eVan had a rest, hence no blog.
Today we topped off at the Masterton charger and then headed North to Woodville, a distance of 80km, with a few hills along the way. We started with 94% battery and ended up with 19%, so it was a good run.
The Woodville charger is great. It’s well sign posted, easy to find, and has nice clean toilets nearby. We popped into the cheese cake shop for a coffee and then when the charger was at 80%, we got a text to say that it was done. It was so fast that Lynette hadn’t finished her coffee when the text came in.
A note about the fast chargers. There are two charging cables on a charger, with a different type of connector on each cable. The connector type that we use is called ChadeMo. We have not had to wait or seen anyone else charging when we have rolled up to a charger so don’t know what car uses the other connector.
From Woodville, we had to climb over the Saddle Road, as the Manawatu Gorge is closed and will probably be closed for several years. It’s a short steep climb and we went from 80% battery down to 63%, but regenerated a little to have 67% in the tank by the time we reached the bottom of the hill. It was pretty flat from there to town and to our overnight stop.
Nice clear skies but a little cool in the wind.
There was a nice article in our local newspaper Coastal News about electric cars in the Coromandel. He also says best to charge only up to 80%.
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