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> Those idiots goes on a thousand miles journey and don't bother doing the slightest research. 2 minutes with ABRP (abetterrouteplanner.com)... You're seriousl
by notinfuriated 4y ago
> Those idiots goes on a thousand miles journey and don't bother doing the slightest research. 2 minutes with ABRP (abetterrouteplanner.com)...
You're seriously calling these people idiots for not knowing about some specific four-word domain site that I've never heard of in my life.
This is why I don't touch Twitter with a ten-foot pole. People like this, calling other people idiots, because they wrote an article with a contrary opinion to their own. Perhaps the only idiotic thing here is the suggestion that someone is required to visit "abetterrouteplanner.com" to properly use a product that costs tens of thousands of dollars.
- kcplate 4y agoI have been checking these EV threads lately because of considering an EV purchase. There seems to be always an EV owner or five on here doing their best “Nick Burns, your company’s computer guy” impression. It’s frankly a little disturbing.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoABRP is good but tends to over-optimize. I prefer the navigation app built into my Tesla.
- lelag 4y agoIn their KIA, ABRP might have been the best option. However, not mentioning it in WSJ article about EV road trip is criminal. The article is just FUD.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y agoNah, they're idiots because they didn't spend 30 seconds googling "map of best electric car chargers for travel" or something.
- notinfuriated 4y ago> or something Did you try what you just suggested? I did. It didn't pull up ABRP. Why don't you try all the different permutations you can think of until you get the right one.
- joshstrange 4y ago"electric car trip planning" and it's on the first page of results along with other sites I bet would work just as well. I cannot take this "reporter" serious when her "planning" was to write down a handful of stops in a paper notebook.
- kcplate 4y agoIt’s funny that people seem to be missing the irony in the fact that someone needs hit some specific website to have a successful EV road trip.
- lelag 4y agoI am less inclined to give any slack to those WSJ "journalists" writing about EVs in a widely read publication than I would a random person. Not doing the most basic effort of finding out about ABRP when writing about long trip in an EV while claiming they did extensive planning and research is bullshit. I'm very inclined to think that they knew very well about ABRP but needed a good story so decided not to use it and look for troubles instead.