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Posted: 07/27/22 06:03pm

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Durb wrote:

More comments: Who goes camping without an ice chest, cook stove, bags of food, or a lawn chair? Also, there were plenty of external driving shots of the truck which suggests a support vehicle (maybe with a generator) and a crew. My guess is they all stayed in motels, which from my point of view, says nothing about the truck and its capabilities.

A separate post on this forum shows I was right about some of my speculations:

They do have a crew and an F150 hybrid traveling with them. The external driving shots was an easy giveaway.

I guessed on the generator. Apparently, they tried to charge the Lightning with the on board generator in the hybrid.

I'm speculating here they stowed their essential camping gear in the hybrid to keep the BEV lighter. Not really up and up as far as I am concerned.

As far as the motels go; I'm sticking with it.

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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w........BAgHEAE&usg=AOvVaw2IZ0YLdYrXWeI3-O7Xirga

What a great idea but todays vandals will have fun breaking all that glass just for meanness and jealously. I have enjoyed "camping" in my truck, tent and travel trailer. The beat goes on.

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Posted: 07/27/22 08:01pm

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Sjm9911 wrote:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w........BAgHEAE&usg=AOvVaw2IZ0YLdYrXWeI3-O7Xirga

Didnt mention the cost but Im sure something like that wouldnt be hard to make yourself for litle money.
Solar panels are cheap nowadays. Add a Jackery or Blue etti or other portable power storage and youre done.
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Since they mentioned Atlis motors which is obvious SCAM whos been promising ev truck since forever while having nothing to show for it besides CGI pictures Id be very weary of this co.

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But apparently you are doing it in a region that is geared to recharging your vehicle, AND you don't mind searching for charge locations and gearing ALL of your travel to fit those stops.
I have no idea how this would work out, have not looked at it, but,,,, since you have professed the ease and simplicity of your style of travel, map a trip from,,,,,,
Salt lake city, to the mighty 5 and on to the grand canyon. Maybe even continue on to the Rio Grand Valley.
Does it still work easy?

For those who might have wondered how locating charging stations really works for EV owners: For Tesla, the locations of Tesla chargers are in the nav system, and it will take care of navigating you to one when the time comes. (At least, that's how I understand it. I have a different car.) For other cars, there's a pair of online sites and associated phone apps that work very well for this:

A Better Route Planner (ABRP): https://abetterrouteplanner.com/
Enter in your make and model of car, and other parameters (how low you want to get, what the weather is like, what your acceptable charge providers are, etc.) and it will give you a route with charge stops at appropriate distances.

A note: Depending on the car and the battery pack's charging curve, it can sometimes be faster to stop more often for less charge than less often for a (nearly) full charge. Cars that support high speed charging often only support the highest speeds up to around 50-60% of their capacity, and then it goes slower up to 80% or so. The last 15-20% is usually not worth getting while on the road. Most people do the full charge overnight while they sleep instead.

PlugShare: https://www.plugshare.com/
Not so much for mapping, just for finding chargers when you're at a specific location. Allows filtering by charger type and power output.

There are also apps specific to particular charger networks that can help locate chargers on those networks, as well as provide status on how many are operational and whether any are currently available for use. A couple of the most common are Electrify America and EVGo.

BTW, the route you suggested above isn't a hard one. It's not that far from SLC to the Grand Canyon and there are plenty of good charging locations en route. I could do the drive (not towing), there and back, with two stops. One stop on the way, and one stop on the way back, both at the EA (Electrify America) station in Beaver UT, and no need to charge overnight. No idea what adding the 5 NPs would add though, but likely still not hard given how common chargers are there.

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I rode one of my E bikes to Duke Farms (Hillsborough, NJ) this morning and they have many free level 1 and 2 chargers there in the main parking lot but I have long range 20Ah batteries in my E bikes so no need to use their chargers and I solar charge them when I get home.
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8.1 Van wrote:

That exact unit is popular in some of the plazas around here. Not free though. Seems to me it was either a buck or maybe 2 bucks an hour. 7.7 on the one we tried but I think some are 6.6 kw.

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It looks like the first 30 minutes is free.
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Posted: 07/30/22 11:56am

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8.1 Van wrote:

It looks like the first 30 minutes is free.
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Yah. We have seen those in the Palm Springs area before. First x amount of time is free.

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Not sure if y'all understand the word "free". Somebody is paying for that electricity...

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spoon059 wrote:

Not sure if y'all understand the word "free". Somebody is paying for that electricity...

Of course. But if the business owner feels it is worth it to draw in customers then of course everybody wins. Hotels do this all the time. Some charge, some don’t. Essentially it’s part of their advertising budget.