First REAL trip in my new Imiev

FINALLY had the opportunity to take an actual out of town driving trip in our Imiev.
149 miles roundtrip from home -Rockford Illinois to Madison WI and back. Left with 71 miles range....ran around in Madison for awhile. Had a great lunch at Ellas deli near the State Capital building....then went to the MGE DC
Quickcharger.....stopped at another MGE Level 2 charger....got impatient....left for home.
Got home with 3 miles and one bar left....haha!
This is a darn fun car! Lots of questions from curious people on the way....in retrospect though I will Next time FULLY charge it before I head home!
The best part...all of the.MGE chargers are free.
149 miles total for an estimated fuel cost of $3.95...the charge at home before we left.
Way cool! I Love this car!

rkarl89203, congratulations on your first extended trip! Put a little excitement in your life! Must say I'm jealous of the DCQC!

rkarl89203 said:

...stopped at another MGE Level 2 charger....got impatient....left for home.
Got home with 3 miles and one bar left....haha!
This is a darn fun car! Lots of questions from curious people on the way....in retrospect though I will Next time FULLY charge it before I head home!...

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Yes, when away from home you'll soon learn to sip fully at the electric spigot because unforeseen circumstances may force you to take an unexpected detour. I usually carry my iPad with me with lots of accumulated "to be read" material, so I actually welcome longer breaks on trips as that allows me to catch up on my reading backlog.

rkarl89203 said:

149 miles total for an estimated fuel cost of $3.95...the charge at home before we left.
Way cool! I Love this car!

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We love ours too . . . . about twice as much!!

$3.95 for 16Kwh of electricity is about 25 cents per Kwh, which is a little more than twice what we pay here

Don

The $3.95 was just a rough estimate...may have been way high.
Still...when you consider a lot of cars get 25 mpg....this trip was about 6 gallons of gas....which would have been about $20 hereabouts....and we did it for under $4...
outstanding car!

When asked what it costs to operate the iMiEV, I tell people it's about 2.5 cents per mile . . . . which usually gets a blank stare from the person who asked the question, because most people have no idea what it costs per mile to operate their own car

So I elaborate that a car which gets 30 mpg city and burns $3 gasoline is 10 cents per mile, but very few cars can achieve 30 city and you can't buy $3 gas anywhere, so the iMiEV is at least 5 or 6 times cheaper to run than an average econo-box ICE powered car - Plus there's no oil and filter changes or timing belts to replace

If someone is running errands in a 15 mpg pick-up burning $3.75 gas, they would be at 25 cents per mile (10X the iMiEV cost) which is probably a more realistic comparison, at least around here

Don

rkarl:A lot of us are jealous of the QC'ing you did on your trip. Having that option really does change what this car can do. Yes, I wish it had another 20-30 miles range, and could Level II charge at 20 miles per hour instead of the 10 miles per hour it does now. But, that QC makes a longer trip at least possible. Presently, I am effectively limited to trips under 30 miles away. Frankly, more like 25 is best. I have to be able to return home and driving on the highway at 55-60MPH does eat into the range. If I want to be able to use the car the next morning, it's best if I am no more than 2/3 empty when I get home(I use 120V Level charging at home). There is a Nissan dealer within a mile of my home that offers free QC charging, and if I had the QC I'd be able to QC and be in fine shape for the next day... Oh well, the next EV I drive will have the QC.

Lou