{"id":933,"date":"2022-01-14T17:27:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T17:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/14\/what-its-like-to-take-an-ev-on-a-rural-canadian-road-trip-video\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T17:27:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T17:27:05","slug":"what-its-like-to-take-an-ev-on-a-rural-canadian-road-trip-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/14\/what-its-like-to-take-an-ev-on-a-rural-canadian-road-trip-video\/","title":{"rendered":"What it’s like to take an EV on a rural Canadian road trip [video]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While reviewing the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo Turbo S<\/a>, I decided to take the opportunity to get a better understanding of what it would be like to take an electric vehicle (EV) on a long weekend road trip to visit my parents near Ottawa.<\/p>\n

While the experience wasn\u2019t as seamless as when I drive my Jetta to their house, I was able to make it there and back without running out of battery, so I guess you could call the trip a success. It was also a great learning experience for me regarding electric vehicle charging both on the road and at home.<\/p>\n

To start, I\u2019ll preface the video by mentioning that most of the time I review EVs, I\u2019m driving around the Greater Toronto Area. That means that I\u2019m never really that far from a fast-charger, so I haven\u2019t lived with a lot of range anxiety \u2014 at least not yet. However, I\u2019m also aware that most people don\u2019t live in Toronto, so I\u2019ve always wanted to take an EV a little further north in the province to see what the experience is like in a small rural town like Renfrew, Ontario.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s roughly 400km of road between these two legends of Ontario geography. While I usually cruise that distance in around four hours in a gasoline car, it took closer to five in the Taycan Cross Turismo Turbo S, plus once we arrived at my parent\u2019s house, we only had about 20km left of charge.<\/p>\n

If you want to find out how the rest of the story went, I\u2019ve documented the entire experience below:<\/p>\n