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EV Challenge Day One: Learning Apple CarPlay

For my first day I wanted to go from Long Beach to: • California City • Burro Schmidt’s Tunnel • Red Rock Canyon State Park I was starting with a nearly full battery charge. Apple CarPlay, linked to the computer in my Ford F-150 Lightning, inserted a charging stop at an Electrify America charger in Mojave.

EV Challenge: To Burro Schmidt’s Tunnel

Range anxiety is the boogie man if you want to roadtrip in an electric vehicle. Finding fast chargers along your route can be a kind of Easter egg hunt. And when you do find them they’re often occupied or out-of-order. I took my Ford F-150 Lightning out to Pioneertown without too much effort. I found