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They are using coast to coast as an example. What they mean is 'any journey over 200 miles'

• semi-extrinsic 10y ago
  How often do you drive on a trip lasting more than 4 hours? I'd guess about zero to four times a year? Because realistically, unless both your starting point and destination are on the same highway and there's no traffic, 200 miles will take 4 hours without breaks. If you can then stop somewhere with fast charging for your Bolt, after a 30 minute break (that you probably should have taken anyway), you have another 90 miles of range. If we take an example, LA to SF is 385 miles and cursory googling says the quickest route takes around 6 hours by car. In a Bolt, you'd have to stop for charging for an additional ~90 minutes. This is only 20 minutes more than what people on the Tesla forums report needing to do the trip in their Model S P85.
  • codeulike 10y ago
    Totally agree. I drive a Leaf and long distance is fine - with a bit of planning the charging happens on the breaks you would have had anyway.
• cdumler 10y ago
  Just rent a gasoline car. I have a car with good gas milage. For trips, I always rent. If you have anything decent in range >600 miles, work out the math: generally, you pay less than expected cost of wear and tear and fuel with a rental, and you don't have it on your personal car. I want an electric, someday. I've watched my range in the city. My average day is 15 miles. My worse days are 70 miles. A 200 mile range would be amazing.