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I drove 1000km in my Tesla in one day last week in Europe. It took approximately 12 hours in total with approx 1.5-2 hours of charging time. "8 hours of batte
by esotericn 7y ago
I drove 1000km in my Tesla in one day last week in Europe.
It took approximately 12 hours in total with approx 1.5-2 hours of charging time.
"8 hours of battery logistics" is something you've just made up.
It's more like you're in range of a rapid charger and it's a non issue, or you're not in which case you cannot do more than a full charge in a day (a European 230V outlet takes more than a day for a full charge, American 110V is slower).
Granted it won't do that in winter in the mountains whilst pulling several hundreds pounds worth of stuff. That's something that, like, 0.5% of car owners actually do. The emissions from that sort of activity are probably less important than stuff like tractors.
- sandworm101 7y agoGood for you. They work well where there are chargers to be had, but the three EV trips I've taken over a few 100km all resulted in silly side trips to find charging stations, which were often closed or the wrong type for the vehicle we had. Those side trips meant more time charging and less time getting to where we wanted to go. Net result = 50% of the drive time was wasted as we dealt with finding charge. It was a laughable situation while on vacation, but totally unacceptable when work is on the line. And not everyone can afford a tesla. They are still luxury vehicles.
- esotericn 7y agoI agree with you that pretty much every other electric car is a waste of time. In every sense. The same for chargers below 22kW. Only for overnight or opportunistic use. I hope that in 10 or so years there's the equivalent of a Civic or Corolla that just keeps on going - new cars are luxury in general.