u/SnooEpiphanies8097

I might be better off posting this in the BlazerEV and EquinoxEV subs but y'all are my people since I have a 2022 Bolt EUV already. There aren't too many 2027s out there yet but I thought I'd give it a shot.

I picked up our 2027 RS last and night and have been messing around with route planning and the planner keeps setting these incredibly long stops (90+ minutes). I have driven the 2022 Bolt EUV to visit family in NY many times and ABRP usually says it will take 19.5 hours (which is pretty much spot on - it's a haul even though I mostly enjoy it). I entered the same address into the 2027 and it says 22 hours and I noticed many long stops at fast chargers. I've messed around with the networks and the maximum charging percentage (thinking it was always charging to 100%) but nothing helps. Anyone else have this issue?

I was fooling around with the built in route planner in my 2022 Bolt EUV because sometimes I need a good laugh. It used to route me to dealership chargers and recommend charging 2 hours to 100%.

Now it seems like it actually works?? I checked the route I just did between Atlanta and upstate NY and it picked most of the same stations as ABRP. It even displays the real time status for all the networks I checked including EA which is a station status that ABRP does not do. It also displays recent check ins from PlugShare. I am really surprised. I wish I had tried to use it (in parallel with ABRP) for my trip. I’d be interested to see how it works during an actual trip and if it is taking terrain and weather conditions into account.

Hey Bolt brothers and sisters. I am headed to the Hudson Valley NY from Atlanta again tomorrow in my 2022 Bolt EUV. Every time I have done it I have taken the western route up I77 and I81 and then across PA. I am very familiar with this route and the charging stations as I've done it back and forth probably 5 times. I sometimes stop overnight in Staunton VA which has a Best Western with 4 free Tesla destination chargers and free breakfast, my 2 favorite things. It is almost exactly the half way point for me.

I was playing with settings in ABRP and it keeps recommending that I take the I95 route instead and says it is an hour or more faster. Is anyone familiar with this route and the charging situation? I used to drive this way from NC to NY in a gas car back in the day and I remember sometimes running into traffic in Baltimore and DC. I'd be leaving GA around 9am. Part of me is excited to try a different route that could potentially be faster and part of me wants to stay with the familiar.

I have a 900 mile road trip tomorrow and I need an audiobook (I’ll switch to reading on breaks and while I’m at my destination).

Some of my favorites:

Sci fi like Andy Weir (Project Hail Mary, The Martian). I also read the entire Bobiverse.

Stephen King (especially his non horror. I loved 11/22/63)

Historical fiction or non fiction. Something like We Were the Lucky Ones

Post Apocalypse fiction but not prepper circle jerks. I don’t want to read 6 pages about what weapons they are using. I loved The Road, The Stand etc

I’m not sure where it fits but one of my favorite books is Cloud Atlas but I’m not sure for a road trip I want anything too intellectual.

TIA!