It was a sunny Saturday afternoon, and Renee and I were heading out on our first long trip in a 2023 Nissan ARIYA, let alone in an electric vehicle. We started out our trip with 98% charge on the Nissan ARIYA. This is about a 212 mile range with 216 miles on a full charge. The Nissan ARIYA’s ride was so smooth you felt as if the EV was floating on air. It also had great acceleration, which was surprising for an EV, yet satisfying on the highway.

When we reached Columbus at about 2:30 PM the charge was about 60 miles left. We decided to stop at Forno Kitchen + Bar for dinner, we just had to find a parking garage. To our surprise the parking garage had electric stations available. Most EV chargers are interchangeable and can fit different makes and models. We hooked up the ARIYA to the EV charging station and went to have dinner. After that delicious dinner, we decided to finish it off with some delicious ice cream from Graeter’s Ice Cream.

When we came back to our ARIYA, we found out to our dismay that it only charged to 20%. We were shocked and did not know how far we could get on that charge, so we drove to a Giant Eagle Market District, which had a fast-charging station, but when we arrived, it was broke.

Our next stop was at Sheetz, when we arrived, we found their charging station to be easy to use. We plugged in the ARIYA and went into Sheetz. Renee downloaded an app to track the charge called “Charge Point”. This helped track our charging process and let us know when the ARIYA was sufficiently charged. This time we were able to get the charge up to 37% which got us roughly around 130 miles of charge for the drive home to New Philadelphia.

It was a sunny Saturday afternoon, and Renee and I were heading out on our first long trip in a 2023 Nissan ARIYA, let alone in an electric vehicle. We started out our trip with 98% charge on the Nissan ARIYA. This is about a 212 mile range with 216 miles on a full charge. The Nissan ARIYA’s ride was so smooth you felt as if the EV was floating on air. It also had great acceleration, which was surprising for an EV, yet satisfying on the highway.

When we reached Columbus at about 2:30 PM the charge was about 60 miles left. We decided to stop at Forno Kitchen + Bar for dinner, we just had to find a parking garage. To our surprise the parking garage had electric stations available. Most EV chargers are interchangeable and can fit different makes and models. We hooked up the ARIYA to the EV charging station and went to have dinner. After that delicious dinner, we decided to finish it off with some delicious ice cream from Graeter’s Ice Cream.

When we came back to our ARIYA, we found out to our dismay that it only charged to 20%. We were shocked and did not know how far we could get on that charge, so we drove to a Giant Eagle Market District, which had a fast-charging station, but when we arrived, it was broke.

Our next stop was at Sheetz, when we arrived, we found their charging station to be easy to use. We plugged in the ARIYA and went into Sheetz. Renee downloaded an app to track the charge called “Charge Point”. This helped track our charging process and let us know when the ARIYA was sufficiently charged. This time we were able to get the charge up to 37% which got us roughly around 130 miles of charge for the drive home to New Philadelphia.

To sum it all up the Nissan ARIYA, with a smooth ride with great acceleration! All in all, the trip was a blast. We had a fun time and we enjoyed driving the Nissan ARIYA. We definitely will be making more trips soon and we encourage others who are looking for an Electric Vehicle to check out the Nissan ARIYA!