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Range is solved for many uses. But in my case, I only have a single car. It needs to get me around town, as well as drive me halfway across the US to see my par

Range is solved for many uses. But in my case, I only have a single car. It needs to get me around town, as well as drive me halfway across the US to see my parents for Christmas, in addition to driving me to out-of-the-way places for hiking. Take Big Bend National Park, for instance. The nearest city is two hours away. The park itself is so large that there is a gas station within the park (also, the next gas station is an hour north). I would not expect to find a charging station within two hours of the park. And even if there is, simply replace BBNP with a less popular remote place. If I had two cars, electric is completely doable, but for one car, it needs to work everywhere, which isn't possible yet.

toomuchtodo 6y ago
I am working to get Tesla destination chargers installed in US national parks (Tesla donated chargers to Parks Canada for their parks [1], but US gov bureaucracy is....annoying). And when you say "everywhere", the Tesla Supercharger network is already extensive globally [2]. To install a bank of destination chargers is a few thousand dollars and a few days of construction time. Supercharger stations are a bit more (~$150k, planning, construction, utility support for large amounts of current on demand), but also doable. Our household is exclusively Teslas (Model S, X, Y) and we drive ~30k miles a year collectively across the country. It can be done without sacrifice. [1] https://electrek.co/2019/09/06/tesla-donate-electric-car-charging-stations-parks-canada/ https://electrek.co/2019/09/06/tesla-donate-electric-car-cha... [2] https://supercharge.info/map https://supercharge.info/map
brianwawok 6y ago
Tesla can indeed do that though. The super charging network is insanely good. Edit - take your extreme big bend example. I was able to map it. Try it out at https://abetterrouteplanner.com/ https://abetterrouteplanner.com/. Had me stop at Fort Stockton, TX. You would need to top off in the park, perhaps at an RV site. That said - how many trips to big bend per year do you do? For most people, you can rent an ICE car once a year for ~$150, and still satisfy 99% of your driving with other options

toomuchtodo 6y ago

I am working to get Tesla destination chargers installed in US national parks (Tesla donated chargers to Parks Canada for their parks [1], but US gov bureaucracy is....annoying). And when you say "everywhere", the Tesla Supercharger network is already extensive globally [2]. To install a bank of destination chargers is a few thousand dollars and a few days of construction time. Supercharger stations are a bit more (~$150k, planning, construction, utility support for large amounts of current on demand), but also doable. Our household is exclusively Teslas (Model S, X, Y) and we drive ~30k miles a year collectively across the country. It can be done without sacrifice. [1] https://electrek.co/2019/09/06/tesla-donate-electric-car-charging-stations-parks-canada/ https://electrek.co/2019/09/06/tesla-donate-electric-car-cha... [2] https://supercharge.info/map https://supercharge.info/map

brianwawok 6y ago

Tesla can indeed do that though. The super charging network is insanely good. Edit - take your extreme big bend example. I was able to map it. Try it out at https://abetterrouteplanner.com/ https://abetterrouteplanner.com/. Had me stop at Fort Stockton, TX. You would need to top off in the park, perhaps at an RV site. That said - how many trips to big bend per year do you do? For most people, you can rent an ICE car once a year for ~$150, and still satisfy 99% of your driving with other options