Electric Car Advisors · PDF ebook
The EV Road Trip & Charging Playbook
For the new EV owner about to drive several hundred miles for the first time.
$17 one-time · 38-page PDF · instant download
Long EV trips are boring once you have a method. This playbook gives you a planning habit and a stop routine: predict your real highway consumption, plan around clusters of chargers with a named backup for every stop, charge to a per-stop target, and follow the same eight steps at every stop.
Read this if
- You drive your EV around town without thinking about it, and now you have a long trip booked.
- You do not trust the dashboard range estimate at highway speed.
- You want to know why short charging stops usually beat charging to full.
- You want a calm, ordered response for when a charger will not start a session.
What's inside
38 pages: an introduction, eight chapters and three appendices.
Chapter 1. Why road-trip range is not city range
What actually drains the pack at highway speed, and why city driving taught you an optimistic lesson.
Chapter 2. Connectors, networks and accounts
The physical question (will the plug fit?) and the commercial one (will this network let you charge?).
Chapter 3. The charging curve and why short stops win
Why a pack accepts power quickly when fairly empty and slowly when fairly full, and what that means for your stops.
Chapter 4. Planning the route
Planning around clusters of chargers, not single units, with enough slack that one failure costs minutes.
Chapter 5. Preconditioning and arrival temperature
Why pack temperature decides how a charging session goes.
Chapter 6. The stop routine
An eight-step sequence for every stop, so you follow a routine instead of making decisions.
Chapter 7. Cold weather, hot weather and buffers
What winter and summer change, and how big a buffer to carry.
Chapter 8. When things go wrong
The four things that go wrong on EV trips with any regularity, and how to handle each in the first five minutes.
The appendices
The appendices are working tools you fill in, not more reading.
Appendix A: Pre-departure checklist
Worked through the week before, not the morning of.
Appendix B: Trip planning worksheet
Filled in by hand the night before so it works with a dead phone and no signal.
Appendix C: Troubleshooting a session that will not start
A symptom, likely cause and action table to work down in order.
FAQ
What exactly do I get?
A 38-page PDF of The EV Road Trip & Charging Playbook. After payment, the Stripe confirmation page shows a direct download link to the PDF. Save that link or the file.
How do I pay?
Checkout is handled by Stripe. You pay once; there is no subscription.
Does it list charging prices or how many chargers each network has?
No. The book names no charging prices, network coverage counts or model-specific range numbers, because those change month to month. Where a current number matters, it names the app, manual or utility page to check.
Is it specific to one make of car?
No. It teaches a method. Your owner's manual stays the authority on your car's connector, charging limits, preconditioning controls and towing limits.
Does it cover repairing chargers or cables?
No. It tells you not to touch a cable, connector or charger that looks damaged, smells hot or shows exposed wiring, to report it and move to another unit.
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Please read first — from the book
This book teaches a planning method and an on-the-road routine. It is educational and not a substitute for your vehicle's owner manual, which is the authority on your car's connector, charging limits, preconditioning controls and towing limits. Read its charging section once before your first long trip.
This book names no charging prices, no network coverage counts and no model-specific range numbers. That is deliberate, not a gap. Those figures change month to month, and a book quoting them would be wrong by the time you read it. The method does not change. Where a current number matters, the book names the app, manual or utility page to check.
Do not attempt repairs inside a vehicle's high-voltage system or a charging cabinet. Those are licensed-professional jobs. If a cable, connector or charger looks damaged, smells hot or shows exposed wiring, do not touch it. Report it and move to another unit.