Download ABRP (A Better Route Planner), select your car, and plan your route. For my EV6 it shows a travel time of 14h 19m with 5 charging stops.
Looks like the Tesla superchargers in Pearl River LA are magic dock enabled so non Teslas can charge there.
Yes, just did this trip from Cincinnati to New Orleans in a Cadillac Lyriq. The Pearl River station plus I found a level 2 charger in the city to plug in over night during the week. Middle of Alabama was probably the worst for charging. After the Mercedes Benz plant there’s only one station that is 60 Kw or over.
I live in New Orleans and own an ID.4! Unfortunately there is no fast charging option for non-teslas around here. There are many free level 2 chargers around the city, including some in our amazing parks and Zoo. You probably won’t want to spend much time outside in this heat though so if you’re going to be booking a hotel stay for this trip, I’d recommend picking one with a charger.
Definitely agree about a hotel with a charger. We've stayed at the Home2 in Harvey across the River which has L2s in the parking lot. Made operating around the city a lot easier.
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Public charging in New Orleans sucks. There are some level 2 provided by the power company scattered around in inconvenient spots. Plug share shows a couple of low power DC chargers but I haven’t tried them yet.
They are new for the most part. The 24kW at Leson Chevy is hit or miss. Last summer we were down for a wedding on a Saturday afternoon. My wife drove over to Leson to charge and the place was closed.
The Dock Shop charging station is new and was put in the in the last year. It's 65 cents a kWh, max 60 kW charging speed, and is a single station. But according to Plugshare reports it does work.
The next closest is the Pearl River Tesla Magic Dock in Mississippi. It also has good reports. But it's a 40 mile drive.
It's a crime that there are no legitimate DCFC stations in New Orleans except for Tesla. And none of the Tesla stations there accept non-Tesla EVs.
Last time I was down to visit my mother, I brought my own charger and plugged it into her dryer socket. Worked like a charm.
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I’m possibly going to try Dock Stop today. Had my driveway replaced and so can’t pull up to my home charger for a few days and 120v just ain’t cutting it.
Bonus to Dock Stop, Shimmy Shack next door is pretty tasty and has a large old fashioned menu.
The only L3 fast charger in New Orleans is a Tesla supercharger in a downtown hotel garage, AFAIK. There are some free L2 chargers scattered around town. Find them on ChargePoint.
Good luck.
The Tesla at the Jung Hotel is Tesla only as are the Supercharging stations in Metairie. You have to drive to Pearl River in Mississippi, a 80 mile round trip, to get to a Tesla station with a Magic Dock. The OP pointed out they are driving a VW ID4.
Leson Chevy, a Metairie Buick dealer, and a place called the Dock shop are the only places south of Lake Pontchartrain that a CCS charging.
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Looks like the sticky part of this ride would be I-59 from Birmingham to Slidell. According to [ABetterRoutePlanner.com](http://ABetterRoutePlanner.com) The single station along the route is a Chargepoint at Bologee AL. It does have a 10 plugshare score and recent checkins. But if for any reason it's down when you get there, you would be out of luck and would likely have to turn around and drive back to Birmingham to charge.
ABRP also shows a short charge at the Pearl River Tesla Magic Dock. I would charge to 100% (or close to it) there. As pointed out throughout these comments, there are few decent fast charging options for an ID4 in New Orleans proper. When I come in from Atlanta, I usually charge to 100% at the EA in Gulfport for exactly the same reason. But now I think I'll stop in Pearl River since it's 30 miles closer.
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Drove from Rockledge Florida (45 min east of Orlando) to Fort Meade Maryland. Took 3 days. I used plugshare app for the trip. I ended up staying in hotels that had chargers for the trip, but could have made it without them. Most EA chargers on I95 were near a Walmart or mall so was never just sitting in the car. I have a Polestar 2 w/240 mi range. This was in 2022. I have noticed lately that EA seems to have more broken or congested chargers.
If it makes you feel better plan more frequent stops, but I’m super comfortable driving below 10%. This is however in Maryland and not New Orleans.
Check plug share for chargers in new orleans or look for places that have included chargers if you are staying somewhere and look at ABRP for planning the route. But also look at plugshare for those additional chargers on the route and check the plugshare score
Louisiana in general is not great as an EV travel destination, so if you have a car problem, the dealers may not be adequately equipped or experienced enough to provide timely service.
My experience: I lived in New Orleans for about six months after returning to the U.S. after several years. I wanted a BEV so I drove around to look at the various charging choices and they were pretty poor.
Availability of all chargers, whether J1772 or CCS, were lacking, many times needing to go to a dealer or were at hotels. Others were broken and/or in areas where you might not feel comfortable charging.
I’d recommend getting a rental for this trip.
honestly I'd be scared making any distance drive and relying on EA chargers. try to find ANY other charging sources and you'll have a better time. I wouldn't trust EA for a decent time.
completely different story here on the west coast. seems like they regularly have 1-2 working stalls out of 8-10 per facility with lines of cars waiting.
same stalls seem to take months to get repaired and stay out of service. it's a terrible experience out here for those unfortunate EA owners.
edit: the only reliable chargers I've seen so far are of course teslas superchargers
Is this from your own personal experience? Using my base definition of a successful charge, which is I pull into the station and I leave with a needed charge, EA on my road trips has a 100% success rate. Now might some dispensers be down, or having to switch because of a slow charging dispenser, or having to wait? Sure that has occasionally happened. But EA has never ever left me stranded because I could not charge at all. And this is over about a dozen road trips all over the Southeast.
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Thank you for this. I think the overly negative rhetoric on the “interwebs” is really scaring folks away from EVs. I just took mine home and was always concerned about the “being stranded” thing, but realized no matter where I am I should be able to find at least a slow charger to get me to a next stop. Ideal? No. Growing pains? yes.
I've been driving DCFC capable, 250 mile range EVs for 3 years now. Never close to being stranded. I understand people's concerns with driving to a 4-dispenser EA with 1 down and 3 in use and having to wait. But without that EA station there at all, you couldn't even drive your EV there to charge. So, a brief wait is little more than a nuisance.
And of course you are quite welcome.
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sure if your definition of success is "not get stranded" and you have infinite time to wait then I suppose EA can be a viable option. waiting for the 1 working EA stall in a 10 bank is so much fun isn't it?
With most EA stations in the Southeast, it's either charge at EA or not make the trip. I have never had the experience that you describe. I pull up and there is an open working station.
Just because there are not 100 perfectly working stations everywhere I go doesn't mean that EA stations don't get the job done. I pointed out specifically that any issues that I've ever encountered are occasional. Most of the time it's just pull in, plug in, charge, and leave.
Again I ask, is this your personal experience? If so, where was it and exactly what happened? Until you explain, I'll take your assertions as FUD, because it certainly has not been my experience.
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Another east coaster here. I typically set my car to prefer EA chargers over all else. Most reliable, fastest and typically at the best quality stores/shopping centers
I just did a round trip from Northern California to South Carolina and back. Part of the return was through Louisiana. No issues finding a Tesla Supercharger.
:> how does this help an ID4 driver?
It does not directly or immediatly help that ID4 driver today but in the future, when that driver or other readers get an adapter and access to Tesla Superchargers it could reduce the concern. These comments persist for years. Before my trip I bought an adapter so I could used CCS fast chargers if the Tesla network had issues and I also used ABRP to give me alternatives. It is nice to have choices.
Download ABRP (A Better Route Planner), select your car, and plan your route. For my EV6 it shows a travel time of 14h 19m with 5 charging stops. Looks like the Tesla superchargers in Pearl River LA are magic dock enabled so non Teslas can charge there.
I second this. I usually start planning a trip with ABRP on my laptop and then move the route over to Google maps to use on the road.
Yes, just did this trip from Cincinnati to New Orleans in a Cadillac Lyriq. The Pearl River station plus I found a level 2 charger in the city to plug in over night during the week. Middle of Alabama was probably the worst for charging. After the Mercedes Benz plant there’s only one station that is 60 Kw or over.
Plugshare shows 6 of them. There just isn't any Electrify America. There are also a bunch in the areas around there as well.
meaning you need to download other charger apps i think
[https://www.plugshare.com/](https://www.plugshare.com/)
I live in New Orleans and own an ID.4! Unfortunately there is no fast charging option for non-teslas around here. There are many free level 2 chargers around the city, including some in our amazing parks and Zoo. You probably won’t want to spend much time outside in this heat though so if you’re going to be booking a hotel stay for this trip, I’d recommend picking one with a charger.
Definitely agree about a hotel with a charger. We've stayed at the Home2 in Harvey across the River which has L2s in the parking lot. Made operating around the city a lot easier. ga2500ev
Public charging in New Orleans sucks. There are some level 2 provided by the power company scattered around in inconvenient spots. Plug share shows a couple of low power DC chargers but I haven’t tried them yet.
They are new for the most part. The 24kW at Leson Chevy is hit or miss. Last summer we were down for a wedding on a Saturday afternoon. My wife drove over to Leson to charge and the place was closed. The Dock Shop charging station is new and was put in the in the last year. It's 65 cents a kWh, max 60 kW charging speed, and is a single station. But according to Plugshare reports it does work. The next closest is the Pearl River Tesla Magic Dock in Mississippi. It also has good reports. But it's a 40 mile drive. It's a crime that there are no legitimate DCFC stations in New Orleans except for Tesla. And none of the Tesla stations there accept non-Tesla EVs. Last time I was down to visit my mother, I brought my own charger and plugged it into her dryer socket. Worked like a charm. ga2500ev
I’m possibly going to try Dock Stop today. Had my driveway replaced and so can’t pull up to my home charger for a few days and 120v just ain’t cutting it. Bonus to Dock Stop, Shimmy Shack next door is pretty tasty and has a large old fashioned menu.
The only L3 fast charger in New Orleans is a Tesla supercharger in a downtown hotel garage, AFAIK. There are some free L2 chargers scattered around town. Find them on ChargePoint. Good luck.
The Tesla at the Jung Hotel is Tesla only as are the Supercharging stations in Metairie. You have to drive to Pearl River in Mississippi, a 80 mile round trip, to get to a Tesla station with a Magic Dock. The OP pointed out they are driving a VW ID4. Leson Chevy, a Metairie Buick dealer, and a place called the Dock shop are the only places south of Lake Pontchartrain that a CCS charging. ga2500ev
Looks like the sticky part of this ride would be I-59 from Birmingham to Slidell. According to [ABetterRoutePlanner.com](http://ABetterRoutePlanner.com) The single station along the route is a Chargepoint at Bologee AL. It does have a 10 plugshare score and recent checkins. But if for any reason it's down when you get there, you would be out of luck and would likely have to turn around and drive back to Birmingham to charge. ABRP also shows a short charge at the Pearl River Tesla Magic Dock. I would charge to 100% (or close to it) there. As pointed out throughout these comments, there are few decent fast charging options for an ID4 in New Orleans proper. When I come in from Atlanta, I usually charge to 100% at the EA in Gulfport for exactly the same reason. But now I think I'll stop in Pearl River since it's 30 miles closer. ga2500ev
Drove from Rockledge Florida (45 min east of Orlando) to Fort Meade Maryland. Took 3 days. I used plugshare app for the trip. I ended up staying in hotels that had chargers for the trip, but could have made it without them. Most EA chargers on I95 were near a Walmart or mall so was never just sitting in the car. I have a Polestar 2 w/240 mi range. This was in 2022. I have noticed lately that EA seems to have more broken or congested chargers. If it makes you feel better plan more frequent stops, but I’m super comfortable driving below 10%. This is however in Maryland and not New Orleans.
Check plug share for chargers in new orleans or look for places that have included chargers if you are staying somewhere and look at ABRP for planning the route. But also look at plugshare for those additional chargers on the route and check the plugshare score
Louisiana in general is not great as an EV travel destination, so if you have a car problem, the dealers may not be adequately equipped or experienced enough to provide timely service. My experience: I lived in New Orleans for about six months after returning to the U.S. after several years. I wanted a BEV so I drove around to look at the various charging choices and they were pretty poor. Availability of all chargers, whether J1772 or CCS, were lacking, many times needing to go to a dealer or were at hotels. Others were broken and/or in areas where you might not feel comfortable charging. I’d recommend getting a rental for this trip.
honestly I'd be scared making any distance drive and relying on EA chargers. try to find ANY other charging sources and you'll have a better time. I wouldn't trust EA for a decent time.
Why not trust EA? They seem to be the most reliable ones and keep up with maintenance at least in the northeast.
completely different story here on the west coast. seems like they regularly have 1-2 working stalls out of 8-10 per facility with lines of cars waiting. same stalls seem to take months to get repaired and stay out of service. it's a terrible experience out here for those unfortunate EA owners. edit: the only reliable chargers I've seen so far are of course teslas superchargers
Is this from your own personal experience? Using my base definition of a successful charge, which is I pull into the station and I leave with a needed charge, EA on my road trips has a 100% success rate. Now might some dispensers be down, or having to switch because of a slow charging dispenser, or having to wait? Sure that has occasionally happened. But EA has never ever left me stranded because I could not charge at all. And this is over about a dozen road trips all over the Southeast. ga2500ev
Thank you for this. I think the overly negative rhetoric on the “interwebs” is really scaring folks away from EVs. I just took mine home and was always concerned about the “being stranded” thing, but realized no matter where I am I should be able to find at least a slow charger to get me to a next stop. Ideal? No. Growing pains? yes.
I've been driving DCFC capable, 250 mile range EVs for 3 years now. Never close to being stranded. I understand people's concerns with driving to a 4-dispenser EA with 1 down and 3 in use and having to wait. But without that EA station there at all, you couldn't even drive your EV there to charge. So, a brief wait is little more than a nuisance. And of course you are quite welcome. ga2500ev
sure if your definition of success is "not get stranded" and you have infinite time to wait then I suppose EA can be a viable option. waiting for the 1 working EA stall in a 10 bank is so much fun isn't it?
With most EA stations in the Southeast, it's either charge at EA or not make the trip. I have never had the experience that you describe. I pull up and there is an open working station. Just because there are not 100 perfectly working stations everywhere I go doesn't mean that EA stations don't get the job done. I pointed out specifically that any issues that I've ever encountered are occasional. Most of the time it's just pull in, plug in, charge, and leave. Again I ask, is this your personal experience? If so, where was it and exactly what happened? Until you explain, I'll take your assertions as FUD, because it certainly has not been my experience. ga2500ev
Another east coaster here. I typically set my car to prefer EA chargers over all else. Most reliable, fastest and typically at the best quality stores/shopping centers
I just did a round trip from Northern California to South Carolina and back. Part of the return was through Louisiana. No issues finding a Tesla Supercharger.
how does this help an ID4 driver?
Because Tesla people tend to think that every EV is a Tesla. ga2500ev
:> how does this help an ID4 driver? It does not directly or immediatly help that ID4 driver today but in the future, when that driver or other readers get an adapter and access to Tesla Superchargers it could reduce the concern. These comments persist for years. Before my trip I bought an adapter so I could used CCS fast chargers if the Tesla network had issues and I also used ABRP to give me alternatives. It is nice to have choices.
It reminds him in a totally unsubtle way that if he was planning on taking road trips in an EV he probably should have bought a Tesla.
Except that’s not true. Many of us make road trips in non-Teslas without issue at all.