July 25: Plugging in while surfing

Went surfing, 33 miles away. 33 plus 33 is 66. Should have been within the range limits of the car but I used up nine kWhs on the first leg of mostly freeway driving, which suggests I wouldn't make it home. So I plugged in to a 120-volt outlet at a friend's house in Manhattan Beach for the four hours I was there. I got five kWhs in those four hours. When I left to go home I had 12 kWhs showing on the gauge. Drove home 33 miles of freeways and used another 9 kWhs.

So that's 3.86 kWh per 10 miles. Or 0.386 per mile.

By Mark Vaughn