mwk
Active member
Hi,
So I make the trip from my home near Boston, to New York City, a few times a year. We prefer to drive. We usually will stay at a hotel in Manhattan we like, and drop the car off at a valet garage around the corner. Our next trip is coming up in a few weeks, and this would be the first time since I leased my Bolt. I'm thinking maybe of trying to drive it, instead of my ICE car. But I have a couple of questions:
1. I usually take I-95, and I see on the maps that there seems to be a decent amount of DC fast-charge stations on the route, especially once I get to New Haven area. Does anyone have experience with the charging options along that route? As in stations to stay away from/are broken a lot, etc? Also, we like to stop for lunch at a diner along the way. Are any of these stations walking distance to anything decent, so we can combine our food refueling with our battery recharging?
2. This may sound like a stupid question, so sorry in advance. But I'm just a bit concerned about leaving the car with a valet. I imagine I'd need to show them how to operate the car, getting in and out with the fob, and especially the odd shifting pattern on the shift knob. Does anyone have experience with that? Does it cause confusion or issues with people not familiar with an EV?
So I make the trip from my home near Boston, to New York City, a few times a year. We prefer to drive. We usually will stay at a hotel in Manhattan we like, and drop the car off at a valet garage around the corner. Our next trip is coming up in a few weeks, and this would be the first time since I leased my Bolt. I'm thinking maybe of trying to drive it, instead of my ICE car. But I have a couple of questions:
1. I usually take I-95, and I see on the maps that there seems to be a decent amount of DC fast-charge stations on the route, especially once I get to New Haven area. Does anyone have experience with the charging options along that route? As in stations to stay away from/are broken a lot, etc? Also, we like to stop for lunch at a diner along the way. Are any of these stations walking distance to anything decent, so we can combine our food refueling with our battery recharging?
2. This may sound like a stupid question, so sorry in advance. But I'm just a bit concerned about leaving the car with a valet. I imagine I'd need to show them how to operate the car, getting in and out with the fob, and especially the odd shifting pattern on the shift knob. Does anyone have experience with that? Does it cause confusion or issues with people not familiar with an EV?