Last week I took a trip to Lake Tahoe for one last skiing hurrah for what has been an abysmal season (snow- and weather-wise).
Anyway, I've done this trip several times in my P85D over the last few months and usually only need to stop once at the Roseville supercharger (SpC) on the way up, and once on the way back.
However, this time I had firmware 6.2 and more importantly, was carrying 3 other passengers with 5 skis/snowboards (yes I was the brat who brought one of each, just in case there was enough fresh powder to warrant busting out the 'board).
Given the extra weight but especially extra drag, consumption was much higher than usual (about 30% higher), so I decided to stop at the Vacaville SpC "just in case". Well, as I left Vacaville, Trip Planner estimated that I would be NOT able to make it to my destination (Squaw Valley) and route me to the Truckee SpC, estimating that I would arrive there with 1% battery left:
Unfortunately, a few minutes later, the 1% estimate dropped to -7%:
And still a little while later, it dropped even further to -14%:
I'm really surprised that Trip Planner did NOT reroute me to the Roseville SpC, or even the Rocklin SpC, since they are both right off the same freeway (I-80).
And the same thing happened on the way back. After stopping at the Truckee SpC, I tried to make it to the Vacaville SpC, which Trip Planner estimated I would be able to reach with 6% left:
However, about 10 minutes later the estimate dropped to -3% and it still didn't reroute me to Roseville or Rocklin:
Now, I know that the extra consumption was due to unusual factors (skis & boards on the roof) which have been rarely experienced in the past, so I expected that the energy estimates would be off.
I'm just really bummed that Trip Planner doesn't automatically reroute to a closer SpC as it knows I can't make it to the original destination (or previous SpC it wanted me to charge at).
Oh and for those interested, this is what the roof (and a very dirty car) looked like at the slopes:
Anyway, I've done this trip several times in my P85D over the last few months and usually only need to stop once at the Roseville supercharger (SpC) on the way up, and once on the way back.
However, this time I had firmware 6.2 and more importantly, was carrying 3 other passengers with 5 skis/snowboards (yes I was the brat who brought one of each, just in case there was enough fresh powder to warrant busting out the 'board).
Given the extra weight but especially extra drag, consumption was much higher than usual (about 30% higher), so I decided to stop at the Vacaville SpC "just in case". Well, as I left Vacaville, Trip Planner estimated that I would be NOT able to make it to my destination (Squaw Valley) and route me to the Truckee SpC, estimating that I would arrive there with 1% battery left:
Unfortunately, a few minutes later, the 1% estimate dropped to -7%:
And still a little while later, it dropped even further to -14%:
I'm really surprised that Trip Planner did NOT reroute me to the Roseville SpC, or even the Rocklin SpC, since they are both right off the same freeway (I-80).
And the same thing happened on the way back. After stopping at the Truckee SpC, I tried to make it to the Vacaville SpC, which Trip Planner estimated I would be able to reach with 6% left:
However, about 10 minutes later the estimate dropped to -3% and it still didn't reroute me to Roseville or Rocklin:
Now, I know that the extra consumption was due to unusual factors (skis & boards on the roof) which have been rarely experienced in the past, so I expected that the energy estimates would be off.
I'm just really bummed that Trip Planner doesn't automatically reroute to a closer SpC as it knows I can't make it to the original destination (or previous SpC it wanted me to charge at).
Oh and for those interested, this is what the roof (and a very dirty car) looked like at the slopes:
