Hi all,
My job takes me from downtown Sacramento to either Oakland, South San Francisco, or downtown Santa Rosa fairly often. While I see that there are superchargers in Vacaville, Petaluma (for the Santa Rosa trips), and San Mateo (for the SFO trips), I'm wondering if the 70D would be sufficient enough to make the round trip without needing to stop, assuming I'm starting from a "full charge".
Google Maps gives me 185 miles round-trip to OAK, 203 miles round-trip to SFO, and 206 miles round-trip to Santa Rosa. All of these are below the 240 mile range of the 70D, but they're pretty close. I've also read that you want to charge the battery to about 85% to prolong it, which if it's linear would be 204 miles.
The 70D fits the budget better, but not if it won't do the task without having to hit the Supercharger every trip (at which point the carpool time savings are pretty well negated). Assuming I charge to 100% for those trips, am I within a "safe" range based on your real-world experience if you've made these trips?
My job takes me from downtown Sacramento to either Oakland, South San Francisco, or downtown Santa Rosa fairly often. While I see that there are superchargers in Vacaville, Petaluma (for the Santa Rosa trips), and San Mateo (for the SFO trips), I'm wondering if the 70D would be sufficient enough to make the round trip without needing to stop, assuming I'm starting from a "full charge".
Google Maps gives me 185 miles round-trip to OAK, 203 miles round-trip to SFO, and 206 miles round-trip to Santa Rosa. All of these are below the 240 mile range of the 70D, but they're pretty close. I've also read that you want to charge the battery to about 85% to prolong it, which if it's linear would be 204 miles.
The 70D fits the budget better, but not if it won't do the task without having to hit the Supercharger every trip (at which point the carpool time savings are pretty well negated). Assuming I charge to 100% for those trips, am I within a "safe" range based on your real-world experience if you've made these trips?