For those of us that travel frequently in our electric vehicles (EVs), you might be able to relate to the following statement: Traveling in an EV (in 2025) from point to point is pretty easy, but living with an EV once you get there can be quite challenging. For many EV owners, when at home, living with an EV is amazing, because many of us have access to the L2 charger we have installed in our homes. But living with an EV at just about any other location is so dependent on t

We just returned from our 4th trip to Florida (to Walt Disney World) via driving one of our EVs. Our first two trips were in our 2021 Model Y and the last two trips in our 2025 Polestar 3. This post is mostly going to be about comparing the Polestar 3 with the Cargo Box to our previous trips, but I will interject a few comments about the overall trip for this 4th trip to Florida. The major difference on this trip was that had 4 adults in the car, with a week's worth of stuf

Right after getting back from Florida, and while the Polestar 3 was in the shop for service on the AC charger and the HVAC vent controllers (that all went very well by the way), I decided to order the Thule Roof rails with the feet and fit kit for the Polestar 3. I currently have no way to mount my bike(s) on the Polestar and I have some old roof rail bike racks as well. I have been using a hitch mounted rear bike rack system for years, but the Polestar 3 as I ordered it, d

Last weekend, we finished our epic trip to Walt Disney World where we spent a week with various members of our family. We had 9 of us in...

This has been one of the hardest blogs I have every written. Mostly because I just started typing out all the things I wanted to get off...

My wife and I have made many, many trips from our home near King of Prussia, PA to Mechanicsburg, PA (just west of Harrisburg) in our...

We decided about a year ago that we were going to take advantage of the timing and location of the 2024 Solar Eclipse to use it as an...

Susan and I made a trip up to PSU this past weekend to see some PSU Hockey (they lost) and PSU Men's Basketball (they lost in an epic...

My brother and I embarked upon a trip from Northern VA to Orlando and back in my 2021 Model Y. 1666 miles in total (plus another 350...

I may have written about this in the past, but yesterday was the perfect example of this. This is a tough concept for some people, but...

Well, this weekend was our first ever road trip over a holiday weekend in our Tesla Model Y. It went well, but not without a little bit...

(Posted to Facebook 8/15/2022) We managed to do 550 miles of driving this weekend without having to stop during our drives. HOW? We...

(Posted to Facebook 10/10/2022) I finally figured out that I can share all of the driving and charging information from our trip to...

(Posted to Facebook 4/9/2022) We just came back from a round trip from SE PA to Walt Disney World (via I-81 / Harrisonburg to pick up my...

(Posted to Facebook 8/22/2021) We managed to get the Tesla in and out of Indiana, PA this weekend. The trip was uneventful really from a...

(Posted to Facebook 8/8/2021) We are planning a trip to Rural PA in the next few weeks. Rural = a place that is at least 50 miles from...

(Posted 7/29/2021) Susan and I had a great trip to State College last weekend, and the Tesla was a champ. For reference, it is about 180...

(Posted to Facebook 7/3/2021) We took a shortish, 200 mile round trip (plus some local driving) to Harrisburg and back over the past 24...