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1. if you only drive far once in a while, then i think an ev is fine... you can always rent/take a train/miss a flight... might be worth it to save the planet :
by account4mypc 6y ago
1. if you only drive far once in a while, then i think an ev is fine... you can always rent/take a train/miss a flight... might be worth it to save the planet :)
2. this is less and less true every year. a model s with supercharging only adds about 1.5 x on a really long trip (less if you stop overnight every 8 hrs as you should anyway)
- jedberg 6y ago> If you only drive far once in a while, then i think an ev is fine... you can always rent/take a train/miss a flight... might be worth it to save the planet :) Not a lot of people live that close to a transit station. That's why they have to drive a long distance. > a model s with supercharging only adds about 1.5 x on a really long trip (less if you stop overnight every 8 hrs as you should anyway) I have two adults, we trade off. We can easily drive 16+ hours in a day. Also, even on a short trip it adds a lot of time. I can make it from my house in NorCal to my parents in SoCal in just under five hours without stopping, but there is no Tesla that can make the whole drive on one charge. I'd have to stop for at least 45 minutes extra (that's a 15% increase). I still want to go all electric, and plan to do so as soon as someone makes a fully electric minivan, but I'm not going to downplay the inconvenience of electric.
- mmacvicarprett 6y agoYou can always carry a diesel generator in the trunk, problem solved.
- jedberg 6y agoUnless someone modifies a car to allow it to charge from a generator while driving, you'd still have to stop to charge.
- mmacvicarprett 6y agoThey are not visionaries....
- account4mypc 6y agoi believe the bmw i3 rex does exactly this
- Laarlf 6y ago1) You could just buy a diesel which seems to be better with co2 emissions for now. Nuclear power is a rarity still.