An impromptu mega EV road trip

A family member needed to move from Seattle down to the LA area in a hurry last week, and the best car I had to move a whole apartment's worth of stuff safe and dry was our VW ID Buzz van. But it is an EV and I did wonder how it might affect a long trip, but headed out in it for the first leg of my journey.This would be my third EV road trip of over 1,000 miles (here's: 1 & 2). This time, I went around 2,600 miles, from Portland up to Seattle and back, then down to Ventura, Los Angeles, and Pasadena before heading back to Oregon. I covered it all from Monday to Friday of this week, and even had time to attend the Dodgers game in LA.The surprising cost of EV vs gasolineIn total, I charged the car 19 times during the trip using paid, level 3 chargers from Rivian, Tesla and Electrify America. Each stop I spent about 20 minutes charging and it came to $516.45 for the entire trip, while adding 2-4hrs total to my travel time when compared to gas car trips I've taken on the same route.That…