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Your guide to family fun has just gotten easier with the new, all-electric ID.4 SUV.
Volkswagen has put together a list of five scenic, EV-friendly routes including attractions you’ll find along the way. A travel team scouted 3.7 million square miles across the country and unearthed five scenic routes offering beautiful views and interesting stops.
The routes also give drivers locations for charging stations as they explore North America’s byways. Visit electrifyamerica.com for a comprehensive list of EA chargers.
The 2021 ID.4 is Volkswagen’s first all-electric SUV. It combines high-tech features such as IQ. DRIVE, the advanced driver assistance technology, and a smart infotainment system supporting voice and touch control.
The powerplant is an 82kWh (gross) battery and a rear-mounted AC permanent-magnet synchronous motor with 201 horsepower and 229 pound-feet of torque. EPA-certified range for the Pro S and 1st Edition models is 250 miles.
ID.4 SUV owners receive three years of unlimited charging at Electrify America DC Fast Charging stations. That’s plenty of time to explore the wonderful outdoors along the following spectacular routes courtesy of Volkswagen:
1. Miami to Key West, Fl.
Route: Overseas Highway (Southernmost leg of U.S. 1)
Distance: 113 miles, one way
Available DC Fast Charging Stations: Miami, Key Largo and Key West
Florida Keys is a mecca for fishermen, scuba divers and watersport enthusiasts. It was only accessible by boat, until industrialist Henry Flager linked Miami and Key West with the East Coast Railroad in 1912. The extensive railroad network was destroyed by a hurricane in 1935.
A land route eventually became the Overseas Highway or U.S. 1, linking 44 islands through 42 bridges to the mainland. Mostly over water, the road offers summer travelers breathtaking views and some of the best sunrises and sunsets anywhere in the world.
2. San Francisco to Monterey, Calif.
Route: Pacific Coast Highway to Skyline Boulevard to PCH
Distance: 170-200 miles, round-trip.
Available DC Fast Charging Stations: A long list of Electrify America stops in San Francisco, Los Gatos and Monterey.
The Pacific Coast Highway, or California Highway 1, is tucked inside the long, narrow California coastline from San Diego to Fort Bragg.
A summer road trip takes adventurers through big cities, backwater coastal towns, historic redwood forests and popular wine regions. The route is dotted with marine wildlife and offers a terrific view of the Pacific from San Francisco to Half Moon Bay.
The route travels along Skyline Boulevard (U.S. 35), which passes through mountains separating the San Mateo Peninsula from the Pacific Ocean. It courses along mountain roads and offers amazing vistas.
Route 17 takes you back to PCH and the final destination—Monterey.
3. Boston to Provincetown, Mass.
Route: U.S. Route 6/Route 6A
Distance: 118 miles, one-way
Available DC Fast Charging Stations: Boston and Plymouth with Level 2 charging on Cape Cod.
U.S. 6 burrows through Cape Cod’s villages, sand dunes, beaches and marshes. It was originally a Native American trade route in the 1700s and stretches 65 miles from Bourne on the Cape Cod Canal to Provincetown, the tip of the peninsula
4. Los Angeles to Big Bear, California
Route: State Highway 18/Rim of the World
Distance: 117 miles, one-way
Available DC Charging Stations: Available throughout the Los Angeles basin to the entrance of the San Bernardino National Forest.
State Highway 18 meanders through small villages and cliffs of the San Bernardino Mountains. Known as “Rim of the World,” the route provides spectacular views of lakes and mountains on the way to Big Bear Lake. On a clear day, the Pacific Ocean may be seen from different vantage points.
5. Washington D.C. to Asheville, N.C.
Route: The Blue Ridge Parkway
Distance: 500 miles one-way
Available DC Charging Stations: Mostly in campgrounds and along Interstate 81.
Blue Ridgeway Parkway was built as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s plan to put Americans back to work after the Great Depression of the 1930s. The 469-mile Blue Bridge Parkway links the Shenandoah National Park of Virginia with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of North Carolina.
The parkway is renowned as a bird watcher’s paradise with more than 50 species. It also features Cumberland Knob (MP217) and 7-mile long Linn Cove Viaduct (Mile Post 304).
Travelers that fancy folklore or banjo and guitar fiddle can stop at the Blue Ridge Music Center (MP213).
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