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> that still means ~1 hour waiting on a supercharger per charge In a normal car, you fill the tank to full, burn the gas until you're low, then fill it to full
by Domenic_S 8y ago
> that still means ~1 hour waiting on a supercharger per charge
In a normal car, you fill the tank to full, burn the gas until you're low, then fill it to full again.
EVs aren't the same way, and Teslas on road trips definitely aren't. You don't charge to 100% -- you charge only long enough to reach your next supercharger. Because of the charge curve, you charge at the fastest rate when your battery is low. If you try to charge to 100% every time like you'd do in a gas car, you're gonna have a bad time.
This was the hardest thing for me to get used to in daily driving -- you have to be opportunistic about charging. Whenever you can plug in, plug in. At 70% and there's an empty charger? Plug in. You'd never go to the gas station with a 70% full gas tank, but it's just a different beast altogether.