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I very, very rarely drive my car further than a hundred miles in a day; for my day-to-day work, a 200 mile range would be more than comfortable, and I'd be able
by thomascgalvin 5y ago
I very, very rarely drive my car further than a hundred miles in a day; for my day-to-day work, a 200 mile range would be more than comfortable, and I'd be able to recharge to full overnight.
But every once in a while we drive about 200 miles to visit the in-laws, and I would be super nervous about attempting that in an EV. At best we'd be close to empty by the time we arrived, I don't know the state of the charger system on the highways we use, and we'd be stuck using a low-amp charger at their house, which would take forever.
I was 50/50 on buying an EV last year, but decided against it for this reason; I felt like we were still a couple of years away from EVs being practical for all of my use cases. I'm sure we'll get there soon, but right now they aren't a drop-in replacement for everyone's ICE.
- patall 5y ago> I don't know the state of the charger system on the highways we use I totally understand your situation, but sorry, that had me laughing: Yeah sure, there is nothing to be done about that :)
- ggreer 5y agoWith Teslas, you plug in your destination and it provides directions with charging stops. For example: I drove over 600 miles from Portland to Berkeley starting at 25% battery. It routed me to three charging stops[1] and included times for both arrival and how long charging would take. If you have the navigate on autopilot feature, it automatically drives you from freeway onramp to exit. It's far less mentally taxing than driving manually. 1. https://i.imgur.com/n8QmiPb.jpg https://i.imgur.com/n8QmiPb.jpg
- leesec 5y agoTesla's handle this pretty well, it auto routes you to supercharges and tells you how long to charge, etc.
- topkeks 5y agoIt amazes that people like these are able to get a driving license in the US. Simple google search is too difficult for them?