Went from owning no EVs to two in the span of a couple of months. My only regret is not doing this earlier. And yes, the Mini gets a ridiculously low range, but it sure is fun.
Also, you should only charge an EV to 80% on the daily, but Mini's 100% is actually 80% as it blocks off the last 20% from the user.
I've been going through my EV charging invoices, putting them into a spreadsheet, and doing some calculations.
So far, I have clocked in around 1050 miles (1690 km) and have paid $128 in charging (mix of Level 2 and DC FC). That puts me at around $0.122/mile ($0.0757/km).
Granted, some of those charging sessions included sitting in the car with the AC and music on to stay cool. So, I ended up paying more since that siphoned some of the energy the car would've put into the battery pack.
If I take the average of highest tier gas (required for my previous 2017 A4 allroad) for the month of May of $5.35. At an average of 20 MPG (8.5 km/l), it would've cost me $0.2675/mile ($0.166/km).
Total cost came to $5.28 for an estimated 110 miles of range, inclusive of connection and service fees.
That is the cherry on top of the already great night (and why I charged my Trailseeker) with Pink Martini.
I melt every time I see and hear Ari Shapiro, Jimmie Herrod and Edna Vazquez.
Got paid public level 2 charging, a little over a dollar an hour (when spreading out the $0.25 session fee) at 5.75 kW is nice given gas prices.
After 4 hours, it's gained 85 miles of range.
$4.00 would net me (optimistically) 14-16 miles in my former A4 allroad at current gas prices.
Earlier this week, I took the first day trip in my Subaru Trailseeker to visit Mima Mounds in Washington state.
I've written up my DC fast charging experience on the way up and back.
Blog Post: First Day Trip in My Subaru Trailseeker
https://linhpham.org/blog/2026/first-day-trip-in-my-subaru-trailseeker/
In my previous blog post, Omnibus Update: April 2026 Edition, I mentioned that I would collect my thoughts on my 2026 Subaru Trailseeker after 3000 miles (4830 km). I am planning to do that write-up after having the car for 3 months rather than 3000 miles.
Since I really dislike the case that the adapters for NACS to J1772 and NACS to CCS1 that came with my Trailseeker (mostly because of the hook-and-loop piece on the bottom), I've just been storing both in the storage space under the arm rest.
Would be nice if there was a more elegant place for them that isn't the under floor storage in the back, but I guess it works for now.
Wheelbarrow checked-out the newly commissioned Ionity charger in Invernessy this afternoon. It's a bit more civilised than the Rose St carpark basement, for sure.
302mi round trip to Hopeman and back. Squeaked home with 15% SoC / 35mi remaining on the GOM.
Also found Clasach Fault / Cove. Very impressive normal fault in Permian sandstone.
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