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Yeah the issue and imo the difference between my drive and MKBHD's is that mountain driving has a whole set of challenges you don't get with "regular" driving.

Yeah the issue and imo the difference between my drive and MKBHD's is that mountain driving has a whole set of challenges you don't get with "regular" driving. As an example, between Kelowna and Merrit, we hit a snowstorm -- it took 40+ minutes extra driving 15-25kmph and we burned through an extra 20% battery. Had I not charged to 100% the night before I would not have made it (that drive is basically a fairly steep hill 50% of the way)

clouddrover 5y ago
So you're saying: 1. You need more range than your current car has to deal with these unexpected situations easily instead of luckily. 2. Balkanized charging infrastructure is brain dead. You need Tesla to switch to CCS in North America (like all other EV manufacturers have already done) and you need Telsa's chargers to charge all brands of EV (like all other charging networks already do). The good news is Tesla will supposedly open their chargers to other brands soon. They can go ahead and put two ports on the chargers like they already did in Europe: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/28/22596337/tesla-supercharger-elon-musk-open-network-charging-stations https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/28/22596337/tesla-supercharg... https://insideevs.com/news/343728/most-tesla-superchargers-now-retrofitted-with-ccs-plugs-in-europe-video/ https://insideevs.com/news/343728/most-tesla-superchargers-n... The next step is for Tesla switch to CCS on the North American cars, also like they already did in Europe.