500 mile weekend ride in 31 hours

[benswing]

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. 

[Shinysideup]

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

[Brammofan]

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