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> BEV might not be practical for road trip vacations, at least not right now. Taking a BEV on a road trip vacation is more tricky and requires more planning, b
by Diederich 5y ago
> BEV might not be practical for road trip vacations, at least not right now.
Taking a BEV on a road trip vacation is more tricky and requires more planning, but it's very doable. We've taken our 2017 340 mile (when new, current max range is about 327 miles) Tesla on a number of moderately long road trips. It's a bit slower and there are some places we could not have gone, but it definitely works.
Keep in mind that you can charge 3-5 miles per hour on nearly any standard 120 VAC outlet. With one of our trips to the mountains, we ran a 100 foot extension cord from our cabin and had little trouble keeping up with mileage demands.
More concretely, last year we moved from California to Washington state, a little more than 800 miles. Since it was in the middle of C19, we didn't want to stop over anywhere, so we had to do the drive in one day.
It took us about 16 hours to drive about 820 miles, an average of more than 50 miles per hour, including charge stops. 15-20 years ago we'd do 800 mile days in about 13 hours, or an average of 61 miles per hour.
The Tesla supercharger network is pretty extensive, extremely reliable and constantly growing. I don't have a sense of how widespread/reliable the other fast charging networks are, beyond various problematic stories I've come across.
PS: I've seen youtube videos of people doing 12-15 amp 120 VAC charging (gaining 3-5 mile per hour) in Teslas using portable solar panels too.