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Range is absolutely the biggest issue for me. It's not really about total range either, but about convenience too. I often drive close to or just above the ment
by phillc73 10y ago
Range is absolutely the biggest issue for me. It's not really about total range either, but about convenience too. I often drive close to or just above the mentioned 600km limit.
As an example, I live in Graz, Austria, where there is just one supercharger. It's not massively convenient for where I live in the city, but it's a small city, so it's possibly reasonable. However, last week I drove to Budapest and back, via Slovenia, which is motorway/freeway/autobahn the entire route. Total journey distance is approximately 800kms.
There are no superchargers in Budapest. I could have returned via Vienna, adding another 50kms to the journey, but there is only one, inconveniently located, inner city supercharger in Vienna. I would lose a substantial amount of time leaving the motorway and ring road, to navigate to this sole supercharger.
Instead, I drive my Hyundai diesel and top up at any one of the multiple service stations enroute.
Superchargers need to be a lot more ubiquitous and located much closer to major arteries before this becomes a compelling proposition.
So, I don't think the supercharger network needs to be "slightly more expanded" in Eastern Europe, but greatly expanded and much more convenient.
- jungturk 10y agoThe Supercharger network isn't the only recharging option for EV users. Plugshare.com exposes just how many access points are available for recharging on trip - public/govt options, for-pay high-power stations, etc... Using the trip planner shows dozens of charging options between Graz and Budapest, for your particular case. It's certainly helped me address some range anxiety as I consider an EV. http://www.plugshare.com http://www.plugshare.com
- vsl 10y agoCounterpoint: I just return from a 7,000km trip across Austria, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and it was fine. No problems at all in France and Germany. I had to drive slightly slower in one part of Italy to reach a SC (unplanned for detour). I drove 1,500km in South-West Spain where there are no Superchargers, charging at hotels or non-Tesla public stations. I added 30 minutes to the journey, once, because I preferred to charge at a nice restaurant and not a (charging-equipped) gas station. It requires extra planning, yes, but I was actually surprised how it wasn’t constraining. YMMW obviously. BTW, that 600km range is very theoretical. The real range of 85D is ~420km (driving at 110km/h) and while P100D has better range, it doesn’t have 50% better range.