Charging an EV6 on 2400 km road trip

I drove my 2022 EV6 AWD long range from Winnipeg to Lethbridge last Saturday and back again on Sunday (just over 1200 km each way). This was my first long road trip for which I had to rely completely on DC fast chargers.

Here's what I learned:

- plan to top up to 80% every 200 to 300 km. This is good timing for snacks and washroom breaks as well.

- prices and charging speeds really vary.

* Brandon MB - 140kw at 0.50/kwh

* Whitewood SK - 88kw at 0.60/kwh

* Regina SK (Tim Hortons) - 194kw at 0.39/kwh

* Swift Current SK - 195kw at $17.00/hour (worked out to about 0.10/kwh

* Medicine Hat AB - same as Whitewood SK

* Lethbridge AB - 88 kw at $30/hour

- Take speed and wind conditions into account. Travelling at 115km/h with a strong tailwind, my efficiency was about 17 kw/100km. Travelling at that speed against a strong headwind, it dropped to 23kw/100km. Coming back from Swift Current to Regina, I ran into strong headwinds and heavy rainstorms, and I arrived with only 6% (21 km) range.