So I first have to show you the moose I forgot to put in yesterdays story. We saw 3 in total.
Moose
We were up early with the just over 80% charge (340kms range) which would take is all the way to Nipigon, (286kms) if the Terrace Bay (82kms) chargers were not working. Just like with the CRV we don’t like running to far below 1/4 of a tank. So we should have around 60kms in the tank if we have to push through to Nipigon.
Sure enough the Ivy chargers were non-functional. A town guy stopped by (he drives a Ford Lightning) and told us a guy was there last evening and had to stay overnight in the hotel in the background. The hotel had good advertising for EV owners frustrated by dead super chargers, they have a Level 2 charger on the wall facing the Ivy chargers!
We pulled into Nipigon and 1 of the 2 PetroCan chargers was working. Good thing since we only had 58kms in the tank!
We walked 500m back to a small restaurant we saw pulling in, Ducky’s Dinner. Of course we had to order the Big Quack, which did not disappoint.
When we got back to the car we had an 87% charge, over 350 Kms.
There is construction all along the way. They are replacing bridges and widening the highway and putting in passing lanes. Very expensive since it is almost all rock.
With both of the PetroCan chargers down out on the highway we had to go to a dealership in Thunder Bay to get a top up to comfortably get to Ignace. This dealership has 2 Flo superchargers and 6 Level 2 chargers. They know the future is coming!
We stopped in a small park/lookout and enjoyed the harbour view.
Our PlugShare app said there was chargers in the small town of Upsala. So we decided to stop and try out the Ivy chargers. With Ivy they charge your credit card once a month based on what you have used. With Flo you have to add cash to their app and keep a positive balance on the app as you charge. PetroCan does it right in our opinion. You tap your debit card and put in your cell number and pay for what you use at the time, then they text you the receipt when your done.
The Upsala parking area wasn’t much and the place was a bit run down, but they had picnic tables, ice cream and everything worked!
They also had a very large mosquito.
We had a warm drive to Ignace.
Our motel is on the edge of town and right beside Agimac Lake.
We topped up the car to 80% of 64 kw in town and did some shopping, then came back to the hotel and plugged in to the 110v. We will get 12 hrs at 1.4kWh, so we should be close to 100% tomorrow morning.
Here is our route plan for tomorrow.
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