Do not drive FL Turnpike

[Dparke55]

Florida turnpike does not support EV drivers !!! No non Tesla chargers at the north most service center, and chargers not working at the Duke Energy chargers at the following 2 service centers. That is 150 miles !!!!

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[RickLightning]

I have never understood why people choose to drive on a toll road when a parallel road is free...

This is why you plan a trip, and lookup every charger on PlugShare before departing AND while on the trip. It shoes accurately these are broken.

 

[detansinn]

Download Plugshare and report it.

 

[Focus to Lightning]

Rick, I will second it about the Florida turnpike. Secondary roads add a much longer travel distance as they don't just parallel the trip. We just did the trip last week and luckily had our backup plan in place for other chargers. I think it is a valid point that a major road should have the availability of chargers and when chargers are constantly being shown as broken on Plugshare, it would be nice if the company decided to fix them.

 

[meow]

I have never understood why people choose to drive on a toll road when a parallel road is free...

I’d prefer not to, but the alternative may not be ‘free’ or even much cheaper if factoring in the extra time stopping at all the traffic lights. (I have no FL Turnpike experience but trying to avoid the NJ one is like that.) Spending an extra 2+ hours dealing with the plague of the ‘stroad’ isn’t a fun idea.

This is why you plan a trip, and lookup every charger on PlugShare before departing AND while on the trip. It shoes accurately these are broken.

PlugShare does often accurately show charger availability/status, but it can fail you too. Despite planning, I almost ended up stranded on the NJ turnpike last year because several rest stop chargers in a row were inaccessible - and none of them were indicated unavailable in PlugShare until I flagged them.

The state of charger availability in this country remains best described as an embarrassment.

 

[RickLightning]

I’d prefer not to, but the alternative may not be ‘free’ or even much cheaper if factoring in the extra time stopping at all the traffic lights. (I have no FL Turnpike experience but trying to avoid the NJ one is like that.) Spending an extra 2+ hours dealing with the plague of the ‘stroad’ isn’t a fun idea.

I-95 parallels much of the Florida Turnpike.

 

[jimfigler]

you should probably post this again, 3rd time is a charm

 

[TaxmanHog]

Consolidated two threads into this one on the same topic under Trip Reports node

 

[RickLightning]

Download Plugshare and report it.

This ^^^

Updating PlugShare is way more important than this forum, and the Mach-E forum, where this is also posted.

 

[Amps]

Plugshare works best when you report the good charging experiences with the bad. You want to build confidence in the system? Nothing better than seeing a report from a Lightning that got 177 kW out of #3 yesterday afternoon. If the last experience was a bad report from last December and you must have that charger in your trip plan... ????

 

[Zprime29]

When able, I've been trying to provide additional details when giving feedback on plugshare. I really like it when folk share those extra tidbits.

 

[pc500]

I-95 parallels much of the Florida Turnpike.

In no traffic conditions

 

[Dparke55]

Yes I posted this in a few places about the issue. I have went full EV and was helping others in our forums. No need to be rude or condescending. That helps nobody !

 

[Dparke55]

I was also shocked at the lack of DCFC in the downriver MI area !!

 

[Boomerdawg]

There is an Electrify America (wallmart) 14 miles south of the northern Junction of the Turnpike and I75 in Bushnell that has always worked well, I am there usually 2-3 times per week. 60 miles North of the Turnpike junction on I75 Archer Rd. in Gainesville Electrify America at Target works great also, although it can get busy depending on time of day. Lake City (about 50 miles North of Gainesville) has an FPL charger that works great also.

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