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> As great as electric is, an extra hour in the car on a road-trip with 3 kids is a tough sell. If you’re doing road trips frequently and you absolutely cannot
by PragmaticPulp 3y ago
> As great as electric is, an extra hour in the car on a road-trip with 3 kids is a tough sell.
If you’re doing road trips frequently and you absolutely cannot find a charging station that coincides with a lunch break spot and you cannot afford a single extra hour, then sure, this seems like a reason to wait for things to improve.
But I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard this argument from people who are more afraid of the possibility than the reality. People who do a road trip once per year or less, for example.
- alistairSH 3y agoA very specific example… I live outside DC. I like to visit Canaan Valley WV to go camping. There is no charge infrastructure anywhere nearby. So, it’s a 2 hour detour on the return leg to recharge on what is normally a 2.5-3 hour trip (each direction). But, from my house, that’s about the only trip I’ve found like this. Any of the beaches are reachable. Most cities within a day or two Drive are reachable.
- iknowstuff 3y agoThe Model 3 can travel that distance without charging. There is also a supercharger right in the middle. https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=9daba0ea-ad2e-449a-a8ed-b5aeed8d00b4 https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=9daba0ea-ad2e-449...
- alistairSH 3y agoSure and that’s the best case. Just about anything else needs a multi-hour detour. Anyway, my only point was there are still some gaps, even in the relatively dense eastern seaboard. But not many.
- dreamcompiler 3y agoGaps do exist but you also mentioned camping. For me camping means a national or state park that has RV campsites. I plug in the car at such a site and wake up to a fully-charged car. If you prefer more primitive camp sites this isn't an option but for some kinds of camping an EV is kind of ideal.
- vel0city 3y agoThere's a Sheetz in Stephens City that adds like 10 minutes to get to. Add 15-20min for actually charging. If you do it both ways, that's probably less than 1 hour extra on a 6 hour drive. Hardly a "multi-hour" detour. And if your camping area has power, you probably don't even need to stop at all.
- alistairSH 3y agoMaybe ABRP isn’t aware? If I route a Tesla 3 base, it sends me through Cumberland. I’ve also had it route me through Hagerstown with non-Tesla. In both cases, it wasn’t charge time that was the problem - it was getting to the charger. https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=8c9a884e-0429-42c9-bc90-7fd23678e8b2 https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=8c9a884e-0429-42c...
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- tashoecraft 3y agoPeople way over estimate how often they do 300+ miles in a day. I think it’s partially them not realizing that every time they leave the house with an ev, you’re leaving with a full tank.
- pjmlp 3y agoDepends how lucky they are dropping a cable from the 5th floor, tied to the street lighting into the car down the street somewhere.