eSoulCowboy

A soul traveler, on the electric highway.

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The @FullyChargedShw had an event in Austin, TX and the
@eSoulCowboy is making the journey using many charging networks and PlugShare’s Trip Planner. Scroll through the feed & view the amazing pictures! #electricenthusiasm #EVs #evroadtrips #tripplanner

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Roseburg OR … pit stop.

A great day to drive the canyon run through southern Oregon. Blue skies over passes (great views) alternating with fog in the valleys.

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Morning from Grants Pass, OR.

A cold foggy cowboy kind of morning. There are a couple local café that serve up great breakfast and coffee.
Is a favorite place to stop on the #WestCoastElectricHighway

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An EV’ers (un)welcome to Ashland, OR.

“This just a test” … to see if you an early EV adopter, or not.
Just retrying and all is good for final leg of the day (no need to call for support).

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Climbing over the Siskyou mountains is always a cowboy ride. Doing so with strong gusty winds and freezing temperatures adds a bit of a thrill.

Weather:
• cold and clear in lowlands;
• cloudy with snow in the highlands.

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Mount Shasta, CA

Sorry, the sleeping volcano was under the covers this evening, so no beauty photo.

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Brief stops at Sacramento airport and Dunnigan, CA as head north on an uphill climb to Oregon.

Bye-bye Southern California … photos from Dunnigan

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Bakersfield to Selma coveting 96 miles at 4.3 miles/kWh.

Going slow (62 mph) with the big trucks vs. 70-75 mph saved having to make an extra ~20-25 charging stop.

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Not the best pricing at this California EVSP Express Plus Group @ChargePoint managed DC stop near top of the I-5 #Grapvine.

It’s like a toll stop for #ElectricVehicles with smaller battery capacity. Kind of like taxing the poor.

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This electric cowboy driving like he stole a Soul (EV) from the devil. Traveling last leg west, over the Santa Ana mountains, before turning north over the Grapevine (I-5).

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Started day in AZ at sunrise, and crossed the largest non-DC gap from Phoenix to Blythe, CA.

Arrived at California golden hour, passing over hills with gold, to roll to a stop poolside for a last AC (Level) charge.
⚡️🚘🤠🏁

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Morning Tucson, AZ … a great place to spend the night and watch the sun rise.

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It only it was #electric.

Please #AmpItUp @Tesla, @DaimlerTruckBus we need to get #ElectricVehicle #SemiTrucks rolling off the assembly and #AcrossAmerica and the globe!
⚡️🚘🤠

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EV advocacy taking 3x longer that it does to re-charge the @Kia #SoulEV in Casa Grande, AZ.

Good thing @ElectrifyAm does not bill prior to starting a session! 😉

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🛑 ALERT 🛑 a #SoulEV just had a major #spill while charging.

Sorry about that … I grab some solar energy and clean up the mess. 🌞

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Departing Las Cruces, NM for Deming.

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Visiting El Paso, TX and seeing snow.

Waking up in Las Cruces, NM with snow on palm trees and on hood of the #SoulEV (because electric effiency).

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A super-Sonic charge in Pecos, TX.
Next pit-stop is Van Horn, TX.

89 miles, 94% SOC (~24 kWh consumable)

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Crossing the Permian Basin oilfield to Pecos, TX

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Charging in Fort Stockton …
only cost 4-5¢/mile when have good driving efficiency of an ElectricVehicle
… using @ElectrifyAm network.

Onward to Pecos, TX.