To Yosemite and Back in Chevy’s Bolt EV
Yosemite is a gem of a national park, that gets tons of visitors. How ever it’s remote destination and sparse charging infrastructure in and around the park make it a little challenging (not impossible) to plan a trip with EV.
This wonderful blog post by Martin Nicolaus (@manicolaus)describes in great detail about their trip to Yosemite.
Rather than taking the direct route (over hwy 120), they took a little longer route to charge along the way.
Martin says:
When the road climbed, the charge level dropped at one point to 174 miles. When we went downhill, the battery filled up again. Yosemite Valley lies at 4,000 feet, a net drop of about a thousand feet from the Lodge. When we arrived on the valley floor near the Merced River, the meter showed 205 miles in the “tank” – more than we started with. Try that in a gas engine car!
It felt good to cruise the valley in an all-electric vehicle. No tailpipe emissions. Absolutely silent except for tire noise. It would be a blessing for this much-abused valley if more visitors could move electrically
Chargers used
- SaveMart at Madera (EVGO, L3 fast charger) (plugshare link, google map)
- Tenaya Lodge, Fishcamp (L2 charger and Tesla supercharger)
Hotels with EV Chargers
- Tenaya Lodge, Fishcamp (L2 charger and Tesla supercharger) (google map)
Accomodation with EV Chargers used in this trip
