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That's how I tended to drive historically when I had an ICE car. On my last really big road trip before getting an electric I did ~700 miles with only gas/pee b

That's how I tended to drive historically when I had an ICE car. On my last really big road trip before getting an electric I did ~700 miles with only gas/pee breaks except for one 10 minute stop to eat. It's definitely doable. My new electric car takes like 30 mins for a "refuel" on decent charging infrastructure. And you know what? That's like 100% completely fine. I do like one of those massive road trips a year. Who cares if it adds like an hour or two to my total travel time. The electric is better in so, so many ways that it's the easiest tradeoff in the world to take a slight inconvenience once or twice a year.

sliken 4y ago
Indeed, I'd happily trade 1-2 gas trips a week and oil changes ever few months for waking up every morning with 265 mile range (I don't charge quite to 90%) that I only have to worry charging on long trips (over 250 miles). Doubly so when the car keeps track so often it's the most minor of adjustments to include charging on bigger trips. My wife, kid, and dog and I drove from Sacramento area to Denver area to move. No big deal, it often offers a few choices for charging. Arrive at X with 30% battery, Y with 20% battery, or Z with 10% battery. Sure sometimes it would pop a notification and say "Keep it under 75 mph to get to charge with 15% left". Cross country trips are easy, sure the stops are 10-15 minutes longer than I'd do personally. But often with 3 people + dog in the car that we wouldn't all be settled until after the car had plenty of range for a few options. Part of the dynamic is that low batteries recharge more quickly so we'd often go only 180 miles, but a stop ever 3 ish hours wasn't bad. Car often say charging at 550 miles/hour, so it's not particularly long to get most of a 300 mile range quickly.

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That's how I tended to drive historically when I had an ICE car. On my last really big road trip before getting an electric I did ~700 miles with only gas/pee b

by tomtheelder 4y ago

sliken 4y ago
Indeed, I'd happily trade 1-2 gas trips a week and oil changes ever few months for waking up every morning with 265 mile range (I don't charge quite to 90%) that I only have to worry charging on long trips (over 250 miles). Doubly so when the car keeps track so often it's the most minor of adjustments to include charging on bigger trips. My wife, kid, and dog and I drove from Sacramento area to Denver area to move. No big deal, it often offers a few choices for charging. Arrive at X with 30% battery, Y with 20% battery, or Z with 10% battery. Sure sometimes it would pop a notification and say "Keep it under 75 mph to get to charge with 15% left". Cross country trips are easy, sure the stops are 10-15 minutes longer than I'd do personally. But often with 3 people + dog in the car that we wouldn't all be settled until after the car had plenty of range for a few options. Part of the dynamic is that low batteries recharge more quickly so we'd often go only 180 miles, but a stop ever 3 ish hours wasn't bad. Car often say charging at 550 miles/hour, so it's not particularly long to get most of a 300 mile range quickly.