Snowbirding the Electric Way – Part 2

By Bill Carito:

April 13, 2023 — I wrote in January about our experience driving an all-electric Volkswagen Id.4 from Portland, Maine to Key West, Florida (see Snowbirding Electrically – Part 1). Thought I should provide an update about our trip home. The verdict? Totally uneventful, which is what you want from a long drive home.

We did do some things differently for the trip home based on lessons learned while driving down to Florida. First, we shortened our planned trips to run three hundred to three hundred and fifty miles for each day. This allowed us to usually complete our travels on two charges for the day instead of three or four. Notwithstanding, we still completed our trip in our usual five driving days. The last day was slightly more than four hundred miles, but we pushed through because we knew we’d be at home in our own beds for the night.

We relied exclusively on the Electrify America network except for one night when our hotel had a Chargepoint charger available. We found the Electrify America chargers were conveniently located to our route home. Some had more nearby restaurants, bathrooms, shops, to occupy our wait and we have noted those for future trips. With the thirty minutes free charging we received through Volkswagen, our total cost for the trip was $46.00. We did appreciate the hotel that had a charger, and look forward to more of them offering that amenity.

Overall, we are very happy with the electric car experience. It’s only going to get better.

Thanks Bill!

About Bill Carito: Bill is an avid Iphone photographer and retired political consultant. Check out his photos at BillCaritophotography.com, many of which have won awards.

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