So I unintentionally almost ran out of energy yesterday, lol
I was driving home from Las Vegas using the new 6.2 Navigation software. I REALLY like the new navigation, but after yesterday's experience I think it needs the ability to enter multiple destinations. I had to pickup my daughter and stop by my fathers house on the way home. The navigation was able to account for the drive from Las Vegas to the babysitters house, but it couldn't account for the drive from the babysitters house to my fathers place and then home. So at the last Supercharger I had to make an educated guess on how far to charge the battery in order to make it to my final destination (which didn't work out so well).
I made it, but drove a good mile with 0 Rated Range left on the battery. I documented what happened for you all to see. The warnings with 6.2 are a little different then the warnings I've seen in the past on other posts. So here you go:
This is where I knew I was in trouble. When I left the babysitters house I entered my dads address into the navigation and it said I wasn't going to make it. So I reduced speed to 20 miles under the speed limit and engaged cruise control to conserve what I had left.
Then with just 1 mile of range left, this warning popped up:
I tapped the "Show Chargers" option, and it listed two nearby place where I had charged in the past. A voltage icon with a warning sign also appeared in the top right hand corner.
I continued on to my dads place where I knew I could charge, then it went to 0 Rated Range. No other warnings came up after that.
Made it and plugged in immediately to a NIMA 14-50.
I really like the new 6.2 Navigation, but it made me take my guard down. In the past I would charge to 80% or 90% at every Supercharger regardless if I needed it or not. With 6.2 I got into the groove of "hey, I only need to charge to a state of charge that will get me there." So instead of blindly charging to 80% (just incase) I stopped at 51% because my fuzzy math said that's all I would need to make it to the babysitters, and then on to my dads place, and it was! But just barely.
So a navigation system that calculates multiple destinations would of helped me in this situation. I hope that's in the development pipe because where I'm navigating to is rarely my last desitnation.
At any rate. That's what it looks like when you almost run out of energy on 6.2
I was driving home from Las Vegas using the new 6.2 Navigation software. I REALLY like the new navigation, but after yesterday's experience I think it needs the ability to enter multiple destinations. I had to pickup my daughter and stop by my fathers house on the way home. The navigation was able to account for the drive from Las Vegas to the babysitters house, but it couldn't account for the drive from the babysitters house to my fathers place and then home. So at the last Supercharger I had to make an educated guess on how far to charge the battery in order to make it to my final destination (which didn't work out so well).
I made it, but drove a good mile with 0 Rated Range left on the battery. I documented what happened for you all to see. The warnings with 6.2 are a little different then the warnings I've seen in the past on other posts. So here you go:
This is where I knew I was in trouble. When I left the babysitters house I entered my dads address into the navigation and it said I wasn't going to make it. So I reduced speed to 20 miles under the speed limit and engaged cruise control to conserve what I had left.
Then with just 1 mile of range left, this warning popped up:
I tapped the "Show Chargers" option, and it listed two nearby place where I had charged in the past. A voltage icon with a warning sign also appeared in the top right hand corner.
I continued on to my dads place where I knew I could charge, then it went to 0 Rated Range. No other warnings came up after that.
Made it and plugged in immediately to a NIMA 14-50.
I really like the new 6.2 Navigation, but it made me take my guard down. In the past I would charge to 80% or 90% at every Supercharger regardless if I needed it or not. With 6.2 I got into the groove of "hey, I only need to charge to a state of charge that will get me there." So instead of blindly charging to 80% (just incase) I stopped at 51% because my fuzzy math said that's all I would need to make it to the babysitters, and then on to my dads place, and it was! But just barely.
So a navigation system that calculates multiple destinations would of helped me in this situation. I hope that's in the development pipe because where I'm navigating to is rarely my last desitnation.
At any rate. That's what it looks like when you almost run out of energy on 6.2
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