Planning to take your Hyundai Electric on a road trip? Read EVSE’s Comprehensive Guide

The tradition of long weekends and public holidays encourages all of us to take that aspirational road trip. Whether it is Kona or Ioniq that you want to take, each of us want the rewards of long road trip without any of the discomfort of EV charging.Compared to the Hyundai’s combustion cousin, electric vehicle takes a bit more planning than driving traditional combustible engines. Unlike fuel stations that are ubiquitous, fasHtyundai chargers are rare, however it is slowly increasing in popularity along highways. Taking into consideration, EV drivers can’t spontaneously guzzle in charge within 5 minutes and get back on the road. So planning is an essential part, knowing where your next charge stop is located.

Whether it is Kona or Ioniq, both cars are capable of handling long road trips with ease. As a current Hyundai Kona owner, I recently travelled on a round trip of over 1000km in my Kona from Sydney to Snowy Mountains. The electric fuel consumption was on average 15.5kWh/100km, considering urban and elevated heights driving roads.

First step is using EV road trip planners, itprovides EV drivers with the necessary charging station information to get from Point A to Point B without any range anxiety. EV road trip planners also provide the option of overnight stay and charging needs near restaurants and shopping malls to reduce ideal boredom time when charging. Here is my personal favourite road trip planner https://www.plugshare.com/trip-planner.html

So what charging gear do I need to make a successful road trip?

The Hyundai portable car chargeris hugely unproductive as it provides 12km of range per hour of charge and will take 28hrs to fully charge the vehicle.

The most common sighting is AC charging infrastructure. Both Kona and Ioniq has a maximum charging capability of 7kW, allowing Kona and Ioniq to be charger fully within 11 hours and 7 hours respectively. This is close to 10x faster than trickle charge. To enable use of the publicHyundai electric car chargerinfrastructure, EVSE has a special public charging bundle that ensures you can charge your vehicle no matter of the charging station. The bundle includes Type 2 to Type 2 charging cable and a Type 1 to Type 2 adapter cable. It is available in both single phase 7kW and three phase 22kW variances.

To enable ever faster charge, the Kona electric has a DC charging capability of up to 100kW, allowing you to achieve up to 80% in less than an hour. Keep an eye of DC chargers on EV road trip planners. and provide free charging services. On previous EV trips around Australia it has been Some venues like restaurants and motels offer complementary services to their customers highlighted how little drivers have spent on electricity and how much that relates to refuelling costs compared to a conventional fossil fuel car.

VivekKasar is an Electric car expert and enthusiast who believes in the transition of Australia to Electric vehicles. He believes that every car should be electric or you should walk. See more athttps://evse.com.au/

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