Brammo Owners Forum
General => Trip Reports => Topic started by: benswing on October 16, 2013, 07:17:00 AM
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Thought you guys would be interested in an electric motorcycle trip I took last weekend.
I took advantage of a 3 day weekend to ride from NYC to DC on my 2012 Zero S carrying 2 Elcon 2500W chargers. I planned out my stops so I could travel at highway speeds and charge using Chargepoint stations, which allow me to track the charging status. Overall I traveled 487.4 miles through NJ, DE, MD and DC. Weather was mid-60's during the day, upper 50's at night.
Average Speed - 55mi/hr
Charging - 1.5 hrs per stop
Battery life
From NYC to DC: 7.4mi/battery bar (there are 11 battery bars, this was with consistent wind at my back)
From DC to NYC: 6.1mi/battery bar (consistent wind in my face, average speed slightly higher, like )
Approx 4.5hr riding time
Approx 4.5hr charging time
Total: 9hr traveling
The whole trip was beautiful since it is autumn and I caught up on some phone conversations while waiting.
When I got to DC I went swing dancing at night, slept, then went to brunch with a friend at Founding Farmer's in Foggy Bottom. I'd like to try a 24 hour ride for distance, but that will probably have to wait until next spring when the weather warms up and I have some time.
I planned out the stops using Plugshare ahead of time and called the guy who has a charger in his home in Delaware.
Here are the legs of my trip:
69.4mi - 6.5kWh - Montclair, NJ to Rutgers EcoComplex
60.8mi - 6.4kWh (estimate) - Rutgers EcoComplex to Delaware home
58.0mi - 6.4kWh - Delaware home to White Marsh Park and Ride (Baltimore)
52.6mi - White Marsh Park and Ride (Baltimore) to DC destination
All the electricity was free except in DC where I paid $15 for parking and $3.00 for the charge.
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Thanks for the report. Interesting to compare with my experience (posted in the topic "Long trips/Touring").
I recently rode my Empulse 1000 miles in 4 days on the left coast, but didn't have the luxury of getting juice from two chargers I carried with me.
Your post inspired me to look up my ChargePoint stats, where I too did most of my charging. (Two were done in my motel rooms and one was a Clipper Creek charger.)
My outlier time was 4 and ½ hours due to very hot temps (97F) and the thermal protection cutback.
kWh Time
5.474 2:06:58
5.857 2:20:20
7.563 3:23:23
8.635 3:30:44
5.457 2:22:26
6.134 2:50:36
4.199 1:51:10
0.820 0:19:53
1.809 0:45:05
5.140 2:06:39
5.660 2:42:46
8.975 4:39:34
6.190 3:18:05
4.787 2:33:08
Average Average
5.48 2:29:20
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