Some things you should know before you go...
First of all, pretty much everything worked perfectly on my 730 mile trip from the Hudson Valley to Ottawa and back. The truck performed brilliantly. Chargers were where they said the would be, and they all worked (all but three of the 18 charging stations at the four charging stops I made were vacant when I pulled up).
Second... Expect to be delayed at the border both ways. Not in a scary way... it actually was fun. Think of yourself as Brand ambassador, which you are as an early adapter. The border folks, like anyone else, are curious about the vehicle and they have a lot of question about it. They were not interested in border security or immigration or anything like that... they just had never seen anything like it. They wanted to know about range speed, cost of operation, price, comfort, just like anyone else. Of course, they also asked about all the storage areas... but they did not look inside other than to peer at screens.
Third... the janky Amazon maps does work up north, BUT the database does not include Electrify Canada charging stations which are the only option I could find for high speed charging north of the border. Thank goodness for ABetterRoutePlanner (www.abetterrouteplanner.com) ... Don't leave home without it. U.S. credit card and ApplePay on my iPhone worked without a hitch. ABRPs estimates of distance, range consumption were all spot on . Only "time at charger" estimates were off.
The map app successfully got me to my destination in downtown Ottawa... although I did have WAZE running for backup. Both map apps chose pretty much the same routes on most legs of the trip.
Fourth... switching the units to metric from Imperial at the border headed north was transparent and easy (Settings App, Vehicle, Units). I did it on the bridge. You just have to push the one button for "units" at the top and both speed and miles setting automatically change.
HOWEVER... coming back, the switch back to imperial from metric did not work so well. After I pushed the button, the speed indicator went to miles and then also displayed km/hr just above in smaller type. The cruise control indicator remained in kilometers, and so did the speed limit indicator. I had to do a screen reset to straighten it out.
Fifth... Spotify works just fine Up North, but not all Tune In stations are available (no Bloomberg, for instance)
Sixth... yes you can make a right turn on red in Canada.
All told, this was a fun adventure across a part of New York (up the Adirndacks going north and down through the heart of the state coming back) where high speed chargers are few and far between. I intially was anxious about the journey, but I was pleasantly surprised at how far along the infrastructure has come. It is not quite as good as Tesla -- Tesla has more charging stations and they are fast and reliable -- and I found charging times at every stop were a about 50% longer than ABRP predicted -- but there is no need for range anxiety.
First of all, pretty much everything worked perfectly on my 730 mile trip from the Hudson Valley to Ottawa and back. The truck performed brilliantly. Chargers were where they said the would be, and they all worked (all but three of the 18 charging stations at the four charging stops I made were vacant when I pulled up).
Second... Expect to be delayed at the border both ways. Not in a scary way... it actually was fun. Think of yourself as Brand ambassador, which you are as an early adapter. The border folks, like anyone else, are curious about the vehicle and they have a lot of question about it. They were not interested in border security or immigration or anything like that... they just had never seen anything like it. They wanted to know about range speed, cost of operation, price, comfort, just like anyone else. Of course, they also asked about all the storage areas... but they did not look inside other than to peer at screens.
Third... the janky Amazon maps does work up north, BUT the database does not include Electrify Canada charging stations which are the only option I could find for high speed charging north of the border. Thank goodness for ABetterRoutePlanner (www.abetterrouteplanner.com) ... Don't leave home without it. U.S. credit card and ApplePay on my iPhone worked without a hitch. ABRPs estimates of distance, range consumption were all spot on . Only "time at charger" estimates were off.
The map app successfully got me to my destination in downtown Ottawa... although I did have WAZE running for backup. Both map apps chose pretty much the same routes on most legs of the trip.
Fourth... switching the units to metric from Imperial at the border headed north was transparent and easy (Settings App, Vehicle, Units). I did it on the bridge. You just have to push the one button for "units" at the top and both speed and miles setting automatically change.
HOWEVER... coming back, the switch back to imperial from metric did not work so well. After I pushed the button, the speed indicator went to miles and then also displayed km/hr just above in smaller type. The cruise control indicator remained in kilometers, and so did the speed limit indicator. I had to do a screen reset to straighten it out.
Fifth... Spotify works just fine Up North, but not all Tune In stations are available (no Bloomberg, for instance)
Sixth... yes you can make a right turn on red in Canada.
All told, this was a fun adventure across a part of New York (up the Adirndacks going north and down through the heart of the state coming back) where high speed chargers are few and far between. I intially was anxious about the journey, but I was pleasantly surprised at how far along the infrastructure has come. It is not quite as good as Tesla -- Tesla has more charging stations and they are fast and reliable -- and I found charging times at every stop were a about 50% longer than ABRP predicted -- but there is no need for range anxiety.
