I have decided to re-post this write up from a user in the Facebook Group “Electric Vehicles Yukon”(https://www.facebook.com/groups/309466096543666) from the member Arthur Mitchell below. I had asked about driving from BC to the Yukon and Arthur made this trip recently from Vancouver, BC to Whitehorse Yukon. My hope is that this will be useful for other planning to make this trip using an electric vehicle as things get sketchy after driving north from Fort St John, BC. I called a number of RV sites that are north of Ft St John, BC, and received their permission to add them on http://plushare.com (30 amp service requires TT-30P adapter https://www.amazon.ca/AC-WORKS-Charging-Adapter-Tesla/dp/B06XHDRBBT or Tesla Owners: https://www.amazon.ca/TT-30-Adapter-Tesla-Model-Gen/dp/B07VB1JGQQ/) for anyone who is considering making this trip.
Arthur Mitchell:
Just so you know, I was ferrying a Tesla model Y up to the Yukon, leaving Vancouver on July 18. The car became available on 3 days’ notice so it was a real scramble.
1. I left Vancouver mid morning on July 17, charged in Hope and Merrit, then overnighted in Williams Lake at a Super 8 motel which had a J-1772 charger (competing with a Bolt amd a model 3 so I couldn’t plug in until 3 am!)
2. Day 2 was Prince George staying at the Coast Inn which has a Tesla charger.
3. Day 3 was Fort St John, at the Super 8 with its own Tesla charger.
4. Day 4 was Ft Nelson where I could not find a 220 v charging option so I was stuck using a regular 110 v plug in.
5. Day 5, I stopped at Toad River and charged for 3 hours at the campground on 110/30 amp, then limped into Muncho Lake (Northern Rockies Lodge.) I ended up staying there for 3 nights charging at 110! But while there, I met with the owners, and showed them how inexpensive a level 2 charger would cost to buy and install. One of the owners is a commercial electrician so they agreed to install a generic J-1772 charger next winter!
6. From Muncho Lake I made it to Watson Lake, Yukon, where I was able to charge at 50 amps / 230 volts at the Downtown RV Park.
7. So I left Watson Lake with a full 507 km range, kept my speed at 90, and made it to Whitehorse on one charge, with around 45 km range remaining.
The Yukon government plans on installing fast chargers in Watson Lake and Teslin next summer, so if we can solve the Fort Nelson and Muncho Lake situation, the Alaska Highway becomes drivable. The Yukon Government will be activating a fast charger in Haines Junction next month, and plans in adding more level 2 chargers and some fast chargers across Yukon next summer. If I could have charged on at least a level 2 charger in Fort Nelson and Muncho Lake, I could have cut 3 days off the trip.
Since gathering this information above I added the following chargers to plugshare after calling RV sites and getting permission to add them (even if the charging is 110V slow 30 amp charging)
Liard Hot Springs Lodge
https://www.plugshare.com/location/265831
Northern Rockies Lodge