Alexander Klimetschek

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Happy parent, German expat in SF, Principal Scientist @ Adobe (server and enterprise), Apache committer and loving the intarwebs (without the haters). He/him.
Codehttps://github.com/alexkli
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This is actually the first time I ever use my Lectron Tesla to J1772 adaptor I bought right when I got the car almost 2 years ago. Back then I thought I would need it all the time. However it turns out most hotels with a Tesla destination (= level 2) charger have that adapter anyway. Or the charger is not from Tesla and J1172 in the first place. So I never actually needed it. Was already thinking I wasted $150. Alas - not quite!

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Today we drove St Louis to Louisville. 250 miles starting at 100%. Could have been possible in one go with a slower pace, but the hilly terrain in southern Indiana/Illinois made it hard (I think). So we used the opportunity and charged at a Tesla supercharger for the very first time. This was one with the magic dock adapter, the only option for a BMW currently, of which there are only a handful in the US. Worked great – but had to pay $0.53/kWh, not cheap.

I should probably post more pictures. For now the Missouri Welcome sign will have to do.

If you are still reading, thanks for following along! See you tomorrow.

Charging in the desert in Needles, CA.

While y’all been following WWDC, I hopped into the car with my family and started a 6 week road trip across the US. From SF to New York and back … *drum roll* … in an EV, our lovely BMW iX 50.

This will be a fun adventure but I feel confident as we get around 300 miles of range, the car is super comfortable for long rides and we just had it serviced & everything looks good 👍

Charging will be mostly Electrify America (EA) since we got 2 years free with the car.

I’ll document our trip here.

Fascinating: you can see the Earth’s curvature on this photo of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway bridge (38 km long).

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway - Wikipedia