Any GTAM'ers own an electric vehicle?

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PrivatePilot said:
I’m guessing since these costs now went up 125% (or whatever Cheeto changes it to today, I can’t keep track anymore) this is effectively dead now.

Anyhow, on another topic, I ordered a hitch for the new Ioniq yesterday.

I thought back-and-forth a lot about the sensibilities of that considering realistic range with our high-ish wind profile camper will probably be around 250 km on 80-90kph secondary roads, and probably 200km at best on the 400 series at 100kph, but then I sat down and actually looked at how often many of our trips are within that one way range (especially this year when there won’t be any US destinations) and the reality that we can pick up around ~50kwh back into the battery over a traditional 2 night stay by just plugging it into the power pedestal at our campsite on level one, and it made sense. Some campgrounds now have L2 chargers as well so we can leverage that as well.

We may occasionally have to stop for a quick fast charge hit somewhere on the return portion of the trip but I don’t anticipate that being a big deal.

First adventure on that front will be the May long weekend, headed to Warsaw Caves, about 100km each way. No charging there as it is a completely off grid/no power campground (which we actually really love) but 200K return I am pretty sure we can do, and if it is looking tight on return there are multiple charging options available in Peterborough for a quick blast on the way back.
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Just out of curiosity, do you pay extra at the campground if you're going to be charging your EV from the site power pole? 50kwh is a whole lot more juice than your typical camper would use over a couple of days. I'd hate to see campgrounds increasing their already high rates to cover the cost of a handful of EV owners gobbling down tons of electricity. Again, just curious, not trying to start anything.
 
KLR Junkie said:
Just out of curiosity, do you pay extra at the campground if you're going to be charging your EV from the site power pole? 50kwh is a whole lot more juice than your typical camper would use over a couple of days. I'd hate to see campgrounds increasing their already high rates to cover the cost of a handful of EV owners gobbling down tons of electricity. Again, just curious, not trying to start anything.
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Interesting question. If they tacked on a $5 PIEV/BEV charge that would cover any potential extra usage. My suspicion is PIEV/BEV is such a small percentage of vehicles at campsites that haven't even considered a policy yet. It would be hard to enforce anything as he may just say he isn't going to plug in.

I am sure PP uses minimal power for his camper while others are constantly running A/C, multiple TV's, all lights, stereos, dishwashers, etc. so his power usage per day may not be grossly different than the party crowd.
 
This is brought up quite commonly in the RV community, especially by the anti-EV crowd not unsurprisingly.

But let’s remember that an RV with a single roof AC running an average of 18 of every 24 hours on a hot steamy summer day (which would be about the average for a big RV, having owned one in the past, RV’s are poorly insulated and are basically ovens in hot weather so the AC runs almost constantly except at night) that RV would consume about the exact same amount of power (perhaps even more) for the AC alone before any other loads. Units with 2 roof AC’s would use WAY more than I could possibly consume charging my car and running our camper for a weekend. Some campgrounds have 50a/240v service now for the largest of coaches on which 30A/120v is no longer adequate and they could be drawing 50+ amps continually in many cases, 5x what even an EV charging at L2 would consume on an hourly basis, and >30 times what my car is consuming slow charging.

We don’t have AC, so I don’t feel guilty at all using $5/day in hydro when they’re charging >$50/night for a hydro campsite now, especially when every trailer surrounding us has the AC screaming and the doors hanging open sometimes. Even if we did have an AC, given what they charge, I still wouldn’t feel guilty.

Also, parks that do have EV chargers don’t charge for them as they’re considered a green incentive which is inline with the environmental conservation goals of the provincial parks system. They’re also quite supportive of EV’s in general and don’t have issue with slow charging at campsites, again, green aspect.
 
If it came to that ... Charging $5 for access to a 240V 30+A circuit at an overnight campsite, independently of what you are using it for, wouldn't trouble me.

Plugged in overnight completely empty to completely full would be $6ish for the power, and most people wouldn't be doing that.

For a 120V 15A receptacle, the most power you could pull no matter what you tried would cost about $1, not even worth paying attention to.
 
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Brian P said:
If it came to that ... Charging $5 for access to a 240V 30+A circuit at an overnight campsite, independently of what you are using it for, wouldn't trouble me.
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As long as they also start surcharging the people with AC’s whilst others in small campers, popups, and tents on hydro sites using little to nothing get a discounted rate, sure. But that becomes a logistical nightmare, so that’ll never happen.
 
Musk exaggerated, overpromised, and then under delivered?

This is my shocked face.

Anyhow. i5 trailer hitch going on this Friday or Saturday. Will probably do a test tow shortly after. Will report details.
 
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