Electricity and water don’t typically mix, do they. So, you’d think when it rains being able to charge your EV might be a no go area, but it seems engineers thought of this and somehow overcame this challenge.
On the weekend I needed to charge the Elexio twice, Saturday, before heading on a drive for lunch to the town of Tumut, a round trip for me of over 220km. It ended up being quite a sight full trip as I drove this day, several areas long the way having that London-like pea soup fog, it was gorgeous driving through it, and particularly cold.
I had planned to have an egg and bacon roll at a cafe I like up there but ended up choosing another to change things up — a decision I came to regret as same food choice, not same quality. I stopped by Bila park for the first time, taking the below photograph down by the river.
I was glad I’d made the decision to charge before heading to Tumut, had I not I may not have had enough charge to make it back. Between the charge needed to drive there and back, plus heating as it was a chilly day, I returned to Wagga Wagga having just 30% in the battery leaving with 80%.
The following day, after the obligatory stop in-town for coffee recharge of self, I was again at the Tesla superchargers though it was considerably more rainy this day than it was the day before. It was reassuring to see a Tesla there charging, reinforcing what I had read about it being safe to charge in rainy conditions. That said, I initiated everything from within my vehicle, opening the Tesla app and choosing my post, opening the charging port via Bluelink, and speedily rushing to the charging post to then grab the cable and plug into my charging port. Of all the luck, my umbrella was in my BMW this day, of course it was!
Thankfully, no issues experienced when charging on a rainy day, only self slightly wet.
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