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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 a
by 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 agoTotally 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.