Basically, for the third day in a row we charged "while we were at it".
Saturday – Galeria Mokotów (DC GreenWay)
Sunday – Amici (AC SuperCharge)
Monday – Sound Garden and the Conselenium 6 conference (AC and EV+)
I'm starting to see the sense and logic in this.
On Saturday we were at Galeria Mokotów (a shopping mall), which has a dozen or so AC chargers and one 100 kW DC charger. We were only supposed to pop in for a moment, but we pulled up to the only free DC charger (well, almost free – it was plugged into a car that had finished charging 57 minutes earlier; in 3 minutes idle fees would have kicked in, and since it wasn't a Tesla, I checked whether I could pull the plug out – I could, so I got the cable and someone else saved a few zlotys). In 30 minutes we charged the Tesla from 34% to 80% (36 kWh for 93.19 PLN). We were meant to be there for 5 minutes and it turned into half an hour – funny how that goes.
I dropped into the LEGO Store to buy gifts for school kids as prizes for taking part in an event I co-organise. We went there together with J and our boy, whom I told he could pick any LEGO set he wanted. He immediately spotted the SLS for 1,150 PLN; he knew it was expensive, but he also knew that if he asked, I'd buy it for him. For 20 minutes he hovered around that set in "come on, Dad, take the hint" mode. Only when J went up to him did he tell her what he wanted, and then he came over to me too. I didn't have the heart to say no, but his lack of courage cracked me up.
Anyway, if we'd been spending more time at the mall, DC would have been overkill and AC would have been the perfect solution. 3 hours at the mall and 33 kWh, which is about 50% of the battery – perfect.
On Sunday we met the witnesses from our wedding for lunch at Amici in Warsaw – a great little Italian place tucked away near Warsaw Spire. We left the car on a SuperCharge charger, because it was cheap and it was the only free parking space we could spot within 100 metres of the restaurant. With our combustion car we usually parked 200-300 metres further away. The car was already well charged, so I had to manage the charging and slow it down so we could eat in peace. In the end we added 10.43 kWh for 27.61 PLN.
On Monday, in turn, I attended the Conselenium conference – warm greetings to everyone there. I was there for work for a few hours, and since I had over 50% charge, I set the charging so that it would last just long enough. In 4 hours we managed to add 20.59 kWh for 41.97 PLN.
It all makes sense, because the car really was always charging "while we were at it", especially on AC chargers, where the price per 1 kWh is below 2 PLN. It's the perfect solution while shopping, visiting restaurants or staying at hotels. I see the point – this kind of electric mobility makes a difference. You don't need fast chargers if you can top up the car during your everyday errands and outings.
Oh, and tomorrow J will probably top up the car a bit at work while she's at it, because we've been driving quite a lot – mushroom picking, a day trip and so on – there's 50% of the battery left
And now some numbers – right when I parked, I had 50% battery, and according to the app the range was still 297 km. You can assume that from 100% to 0% that gives roughly 590 km of range. On a trip you usually drive from 100% to 10%, so the real range is about 530 km, and in everyday driving (from 80% to 20%) that gives about 350 km. That's fair, although the last 50 km I drove mainly on national and country roads, at speeds between 50 km/h and 90 km/h.
Since the last post we've driven 335 km in our little Tesla, using 45 kWh, which works out at 13.5 kWh/100 km. In percentages: about 15% motorway, about 10% expressways (though a lot of that was in traffic at 80-90 km/h, so I count it as an ordinary road), about 25% city and 50% suburban routes (up to 90 km/h). That's a good result – I was expecting around 15 kWh/100 km with our typical driving style.
PS. I tried to apply an "invisible wiper" coating to the glass roof, and now I've got to degrease it with IPA and I hope I won't have to polish it. That's the last time I apply anything myself.
