How Do Gas Prices, Ukraine War, North Korea and Current Items Effect your RV Travel

[DonTom]

People are spending money.

Spend it before it is worth even a lot less!

-Don- Auburn, CA

 

[airborne_spoon]

So the price of products you have to buy while traveling has not changed a bit? I know with our short daily commutes the increase we have had to pay for gas is minimal to everything we have to buy.

my tow vehicle is electric also and yeah everything is expensive because we are in a recession and inflation is out of control. But since i don't have to buy gas of pay for electricity its one less thing to have to worry about buying.

 

[Viajeros]

So the price of products you have to buy while traveling has not changed a bit? I know with our short daily commutes the increase we have had to pay for gas is minimal to everything we have to buy.

Absolutely true. But I have to eat anyway so I don’t count food costs etc. I think most on this thread are receding to fuel costs. We just did a 3 week 2212 kilometre trip thru BC, the island and the Sunshine Coast. We used 697 kwh for the trip. Our total cost was about 190 bucks.

But you are right. Everything else has gone up in price.

 

[jrm1776]

still heading to Florida for a vacation in about a week. Full tank and budgeted. don't worry to much, gas will start coming down dramatically soon.

 

[Skookum]

don't worry to much, gas will start coming down dramatically soon.

Now that's funny. I wish I had your optimism.

 

[jrm1776]

Now that's funny. I wish I had your optimism.

Find the truthers on Rumble and stay away from the Media, it helps

 

[Reinigm]

Never gave any of those things a second thought. Gas prices are on the decline, Russia will not engage in nuclear war and North Korea will just continue to bluster. Nothing to see here. Covid is continuing to rear its ugly head. Friends of ours went on an Alaskan cruise and got Covid along with a bunch of other travelers. Luckily they were vaccinated so the symptoms did not require hospitalization. But they did have to quarantine for 10 days. Our son, also vaccinated got Covid. He felt really bad for a few days and had to quarantine for 5 days.

Actually, here in my area gas prices have jumped 50 to 75 cents at most gas stationsin the last week or so. Which surprised me. Thought that wouldn't have happened until after the elections. Orange County CA by the way.

 

[Reinigm]

Interesting thing is that my RV repair facility has lost mechanics because they couldn't afford to buy gas to get to work. 40 miles away. Haven't seen that anywhere else tho.

 

[Arch Hoagland]

California is sending everyone in the state $700 in the next several months to cover some of the gas costs if you earned less than $150,000 last year.

 

[PJ Stough]

Interesting thing is that my RV repair facility has lost mechanics because they couldn't afford to buy gas to get to work. 40 miles away. Haven't seen that anywhere else tho.

Wow, they must have only been paying them minimum wage.

 

[DonTom]

We used 697 kwh for the trip.

70 KWH battery?

Shows you needed to recharge ten times on that trip. A bit more as I doubt you recharged from empty to full each time.

Around $20.00 Canadian (~$15.00 US) per fast charge? Around 280 KM (175 miles) per charge when towing?

How far am I off on my guesses?

-Don- Auburn, CA

 

[Viajeros]

70 KWH battery?

Shows you needed to recharge ten times on that trip. A bit more as I doubt you recharged from empty to full each time.

Around $20.00 Canadian (~$15.00 US) per fast charge? Around 280 KM (175 miles) per charge when towing?

How far am I off on my guesses?

-Don- Auburn, CA

Not bad. But it’s kind of skewed by campground charging as well as other free electrons at some of the tourist attractions.

82 kWh battery.

I would have to check the receipts but I think we supercharged 4 or 5 times and a few BC hydro DC fast chargers when picking up groceries etc. Ucluelet also had a DC fast charger at the tourist info centre so we charged there while we were getting maps etc. We stayed at full service sites about half the time and charged overnight when we did. All 30 amp sites though. Still handy. The rest were provincial parks with no services.

Here is the graph. It’s off a bit because Tesla uses a 31 day sliding window. (Ignore the blue charging at home). The total including the BC hydro stops was about 190 bucks Canadian. Maybe a buck or two under.

Cheers.

 

[DonTom]

But it’s kind of skewed by campground charging as well as other free electrons at some of the tourist attractions.

Yeah, I should have realized that.

I didn't know that newer Teslas now have a 82 KWH battery. You must have near a 650 KM / 400 mile freeway range when not towing.

-Don- Auburn, CA

 

[Viajeros]

70 KWH battery?

Shows you needed to recharge ten times on that trip. A bit more as I doubt you recharged from empty to full each time.

Around $20.00 Canadian (~$15.00 US) per fast charge? Around 280 KM (175 miles) per charge when towing?

How far am I off on my guesses?

-Don- Auburn, CA

Oh and as per max range I’m not sure but I would think 240 kilometre under the conditions we were driving on the island. Really it never came up as once we hit the island we were in tour mode.

But here is a neat consumption graph of the last part of the trip on the Duffy lake road. Known for overheated engines and hot brakes. I never had to touch the brake pedal once, even on the 13 percent grades. Gotta love regen. Pretty easy to see where it got steep going up though. 13 percent also. We left pemberton at 89 percent and arrived in Lillooet 101 kilometres later at 50 percent. Tricky road. Switch backs etc. glad it’s not winter.



The provincial parks were all 23 bucks a night but the private parks were all 50 to 60. Ugh. Lots of people on the road though.

 

[Viajeros]

Yeah, I should have realized that.

I didn't know that newer Teslas now have a 82 KWH battery. You must have near a 650 KM / 400 mile freeway range when not towing.

-Don- Auburn, CA

No. I think In miles the EPA rating is around 335 miles. But speed limits in the BC mountains can be kinda slow depending on the route which can stretch that out a bit.

 

[DonTom]

I think In miles the EPA rating is around 335 miles.

Perhaps you're using the max capacity of the battery, and I am using the nominal capacity.

I think my 2018 Tesla M3 has a 75 KWH (max) battery with 70 KWH nominal capacity (70 as useable KWH). 310-mile range, at 65 MPH (105 km per hour). 4.43 miles / 7.3 KM per useable KWH @ 65 MPH.

-Don- Auburn, CA

 

[Viajeros]

Perhaps you're using the max capacity of the battery, and I am using the nominal capacity.

I think my 2018 Tesla M3 has a 75 KWH (max) battery with 70 KWH nominal capacity (70 as useable KWH). 310-mile range, at 65 MPH (105 km per hour). 4.43 miles / 7.3 KM per useable KWH @ 65 MPH.

-Don- Auburn, CA

Yah. Could be. Really I’m not up on it.

 

[DonTom]

I never had to touch the brake pedal once, even on the 13 percent grades. Gotta love regen.

Yep, the best part of Regen, IMO. Even better on the Chevy Bolt as I can change the regen as I drive. I wish my Tesla could do that.

On electric motorcycles, I can change the regen as I ride with a press of a button.

On the Bolt, the regen is controlled by a level on the steering wheel. And I even get to see on the screen how many KWs are going back into the battery.

But I guess you can do the same from the accelerator pedal on the Tesla, just a lot touchier than using the lever on the steering wheel.

-Don- Auburn, CA

 

[Cameodon]

Dont confuse opinion with facts.

How could I? Very few facts here! Even less respect…

 

[Cameodon]

No affect. Our tow vehicle is electric.

Seeing it’s almost impossible to name anything not affected by the price of oil, including the electricity to charge your $10,000 tow vehicle battery, there’s a huge affect