We almost ruined our 2,500-mile electric adventure from Michigan to Florida and back because we were overconfident in our car's driving range.
After three weeks working remotely in the Sunshine State, we headed north along a different route, with a planned stop in Nashville.like PlugShare, A Better Routeplanner and Chargeway to figure out when and where to charge.It was a remarkably stress-free trip for the most part — until we hit Ohio.We were hungry and tired as we left Kentucky and crossed the Ohio River into Cincinnati around dusk on Sunday.
We had to get off I-75, for example, and head east on I-70 for about five miles to reach an Electrify America station in a Walmart parking lot in Huber Heights, east of Dayton. When we crossed into Michigan, the sleet and snow started falling, and so did our range. We watched nervously as that 34-mile cushion started to shrink.we got a low battery warning.