Leaf Trip Corvallis to Stanfield, OR
May 4-6, 2019

Start at home

Off to a good start, with a 100% charge and outside temp in the mid-60s   Distance 0 Battery SOC 100 Battery Max Temperature 72 Outside Temperature 65

To Stanfield - Wilsonville arrival

First charge stop: Wilsonville. For the first road trip, I decided to be conservative and go with more frequent, shorter stops. I note that just driving has raised the temperature.   Distance 67 Battery SOC 48 Battery Max Temperature 84 Outside Temperature 74

To Stanfield - Wilsonville departure

32% (48->80%) in about 20 minutes raised the temp 15F, 84F to 99F, with the outside temp in the mid-70's..   Distance 0 Battery SOC 80 Battery Max Temperature 99 Outside Temperature 75

To Stanfield - Cascade Locks arrival

I jumped the gun and took the key screenshots before LeafSpy had actually resynced to the car, but fortunately, the temps were in one of the later screens and show the temp basically staying the same on this leg.   Distance 62 Battery SOC 30 Battery Max Temperature 99 Outside Temperature 80

To Stanfield - Cascade Locks departure

Here, after 35 minutes and 30->80% we have a 16F temp rise - not actually so bad given about the same temp rise for half the charge at the first stop and it being 80F outside, however this did put the temp up in the vicinity of the red line...   Distance 0 Battery SOC 80 Battery Max Temperature 115 Outside Temperature 80

To Stanfield - The Dalles arrival

We actually cooled off slightly by the time we got to The Dalles, probably helped by the stop to pick up food first.   Distance 39 Battery SOC 51 Battery Max Temperature 114 Outside Temperature 81

To Stanfield - The Dalles 80%

I took readings at 80% after 32 minutes (51-80%), and note only a 6F rise with it almost 90F out! But I'd been doing better than expected with range, so I decided to take it to 90% and see if I could skip Arlington, as it's 100 miles from The Dalles to my parents'.   Distance 0 Battery SOC 80 Battery Max Temperature 120 Outside Temperature 88

To Stanfield - The Dalles departure

It took another 10 minutes and 1F to get to 90%...   Distance 0 Battery SOC 90 Battery Max Temperature 121 Outside Temperature 88

To Stanfield - Arlington arrival

On the way, however, it looked like it was going to be a bit tight getting to my parents'. The charging station is about 10 miles this side of them, which gives a bit of a cushion, but I also wanted to check out the Arlington station, as it's not one of the standard Webastor or Blink stations. Again, it managed to cool off a couple degrees on the way, and it was rather cooler in Arlington than it had been in The Dalles too.   Distance 55 Battery SOC 45 Battery Max Temperature 121 Outside Temperature 78

To Stanfield - Arlington departure

It was a toss up how much to charge here, as I didn't need much to be able to comfortably make it the rest of the way, but they soaked me for $10 so I wanted more than a simple bump charge to make it worth it. I ended up charging for 19 minutes 45->60%. This only raised the temp back up a couple of degrees, however this put it at the first red mark on the temp gauge.   Distance 0 Battery SOC 60 Battery Max Temperature 123 Outside Temperature 77

To Stanfield - Stanfield arrival

So, I was able to make it to Stanfield...just barely, without going into the red. Here, I plugged into 110, as I had a couple of days for it to charge while visiting.   Distance 51 Battery SOC 12 Battery Max Temperature 125 Outside Temperature 71

Stanfield (trickle charging)

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To Corvallis - Stanfield departure

The charging just barely made it to 100% by the time I was ready to leave - 110V charging is slow ;-) Though I did make a couple of short trips to Hermiston and my sister's during the stay.   Distance 0 Battery SOC 100 Battery Max Temperature 71 Outside Temperature 85

To Corvallis - The Dalles arrival

I made it all the way to The Dalles, but wow just the drive caused quite a large temperature jump!   Distance 108 Battery SOC 10 Battery Max Temperature 97 Outside Temperature 83

To Corvallis - The Dalles departure

So, first charge on the way back and I'm at redline! Clearly, don't do 70% charges on road trips, especially on hot days...   Distance 0 Battery SOC 80 Battery Max Temperature 123 Outside Temperature 96

To Corvallis - Cascade Locks

I stopped in at the Cascade Locks charging station, but really hadn't gone far and thought if I went to Troutdale, it might let the batteries cool down a bit more (I knew better - it takes hours for any noticeable cooling to happen).   Distance 39 Battery SOC 46 Battery Max Temperature 124 Outside Temperature 82

To Corvallis - Troutdale

At Troutdale (Walmart), however, it's EVGO station, which I didn't have a card for and didn't want to pay when I could go a few more miles to Burgerville and use the EZ Charge card for free...   Distance 67 Battery SOC 18 Battery Max Temperature 122 Outside Temperature 85

To Corvallis - Powell Burgerville arrival

But now I'm back down in the low charge department again, and still basically at redline. I guess we'll see how the Leaf handles hot charging...   Distance 81 Battery SOC 8 Battery Max Temperature 125 Outside Temperature 85

To Corvallis - Powell Burgerville departure

The charger shut off well before 80%; at the time, I thought it was just too hot. Later (after I left Salem), I realized it was a 1hr time limit thanks to the Leaf slowing the charge rate when it's hot.   Distance 0 Battery SOC 52 Battery Max Temperature 129 Outside Temperature 93

To Corvallis - Wilsonville arrival

Still thinking it had shut off for temp, I stopped at a friend's house in Wilsonville to visit for a while and try to let the battery cool a bit.   Distance 23 Battery SOC 34 Battery Max Temperature 127 Outside Temperature 84

To Corvallis - Wilsonville departure

It did cool slightly...rather than charge there in Wilsonville, I thought the battery might cool some more on the way to Salem and charge there, where I wouldn't need much to make it the rest of the way. I hadn't really grokked the amount driving was raising the temps...   Distance 0 Battery SOC 34 Battery Max Temperature 122 Outside Temperature 82

To Corvallis - Salem arrival

So here I am at Salem and the batteries have warmed up instead of cooling down...well, let's see what happens...   Distance 53 Battery SOC 12 Battery Max Temperature 125 Outside Temperature 73

To Corvallis - Salem departure

Again, it shut off early, but not by much - I was only aiming for 60%, though 50% should have been enough. I'm still thinking in winter mode though, where 50% gets me past Woodburn, but barely gets me back from Salem ;-) (probably more rain, headlights and heater). And I've nearly maxed out the temp gauge. But it did get the charge done.   Distance 0 Battery SOC 58 Battery Max Temperature 128 Outside Temperature 73

Home - arrival

So, I made it home (though I forgot to get a dash pic), realizing on the way that the hour limit was stopping the charges. Still at redline, but with enough charge left to do the commuting I'd need to do the next day, so put off charging in favor of letting the battery cool down.   Distance 40 Battery SOC 32 Battery Max Temperature 125 Outside Temperature 65

Home - morning

And overnight wasn't actually enough for them to cool down to ambient! Nissan really needs to properly cool their batteries!   Distance 0 Battery SOC 32 Battery Max Temperature 86 Outside Temperature 63