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, I messaged Road Test Editor Zac Palmer to ask if I could get a test car to drive out to the event. He came back with two options that were coming in that week: a. Keep in mind, the Chicago Show is in February, and the trip from Detroit takes place mostly in southern Michigan or northern Indiana, depending on your route. Either way, it would most likely be cold.
That night at Meijer, though, I just plugged into the EV9’s charge port, and the station immediately recognized it was connected to the car. It then swiped my card, and after a few moments, clicks and whirrs, the screen confirmed the EV9 was in fact charging. This is obviously how you’d expect it to go every time, yet no part of the above is guaranteed to work with any regularity. After a leisurely 30 to 45 minutes of grocery shopping, I came back out to find the car charged up to around 80%.
Admittedly, there was still some concern building in the back of my mind. I was going to get to Michigan City with just under 10% charge, and if I arrived to find malfunctioning chargers or a row of near-empty Bolts, I was in a tough spot. Miraculously, I pulled into that Meijer parking lot to find a bank of green-glowing Electrify America stations, all 350s and seemingly all functional.
I learned a number of things from this trip, all of which point to the fact that EV transportation actually has the potential to be stress-free, and it's not as far off as it might seem.
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