I hadn't charged my EV since September 27th. In that amount of time, we'd surely done a lot of errands, even travelling from New Westminster to Richmond and back for Thanksgiving. So, I'd let it get down to only 39% of a full charge.
Unless on a trip, I generally top up my battery to around 80%. That is a good amount to be able to get in some distance but prevents the slower charging time and stress on the chemistry from there to 100%.
I drove to Queen's Park which has the closest DC charging in town. Often, I put in some electricity when we're getting groceries at our Superstore in Coquitlam. During the last couple of weekends, all four of those BC Hydro fast chargers were busy as we arrived.
That's another reason why I was down to only around a third of a full battery.
Queen's Park is really great location to plug in. It takes me just a couple of minutes to drive there, and, more importantly, there are always interesting things to walk around and see. At 10:30 am, the weather wasn't great and felt a bit cold. I went in the municipal arena and noticed that the Vancouver Fire Department Hockey Team was practicing.
Further along, quite a number of mothers were with young ones. One mother had taken her child to an adjacent area. I went to inform her that I had just seen a pair of crows steal some cookies and perhaps a small plastic toy from her unaccompanied stroller!
I was at Queen's Park for more than forty minutes in order for the Kona to get back up to an 85% charge. EVs tend to take a little longer in colder temperatures. However, that was a perfect amount of time to see a lot of different things and it provided me a bit of needed relaxation too. I now have a chemical potential to travel a couple of hundred more kilometers for about $11 CAD (> $8 USD).