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| Opportunity Charging at Walgreen's Santa Cruz on Sept 12 |
Today is the day. I have the car all cleaned up, going over my plans and packing everything in the car. I had a great conversation with a reporter and photographer from the Santa Cruz Sentinel I will be taking the car to it's first charging point, The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, today around 4 PM for one more set of interviews, and then off to Monterey for training as a guide at the Monterey Bay Aquarium (My next adventure), back around 9:30, have the family drop me off at the car and then prep to leave at 12:01 am tonight on my journey to L.A. I will continue to post updates at charging stops on my route. You can follow here or on twitter at @JournEV or from the Facebook
BMW ActiveE Driver Group.
Hey Jack, great endeavor!
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Will be somewhat slumming it. I will not be running the heated seats or air conditioning, I will also be putting the car in ECO-Pro mode which lowers the acceleration and climate control profiles. Since it takes 2.5 to 3 times longer to recoup energy while charging than it does expending it while driving, I will be trying to tune my driving behavior, but still maintain speed limits.
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