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My challenge is that even in the dense Northeast I95 corridor, chargers are in the minority rather than majority of rest stops. So you may end up taking all th
by steveBK123 3y ago
My challenge is that even in the dense Northeast I95 corridor, chargers are in the minority rather than majority of rest stops.
So you may end up taking all these bathroom breaks and then still need to take discrete charging breaks at different stations. NJTP for example has been in the evGo build out/expansion project for the last year. If you have a Tesla it's not too bad but on CCS you are screwed.
Not all EVs trip computers are built the same either. I love my BMW but the thing lists gas stations as prominently as EV stations on the map in my EV, lol. The list of nearest stations lists each pedestal/stall individually so you have to scroll and scroll to see the distance between the next 1,2,5 stations is.
For example yes you can rely on the computer to tell you when to stop & charge, but if you feel like you could go a bit longer before bathroom/food, you may want to know what is the next station beyond the one it is routing you to. In a Tesla you can wing it and there's probably 1..2..3 more stations before you run down to 0%. On CCS.. it could be 0.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoWow, that does sound a lot worse than the experience in our Tesla. Tesla has had this experience for at least 4 years. Can't the other car markers just point their devs at the Tesla software and say "copy this"? > you may want to know what is the next station beyond the one it is routing you to. Yes, this is easy to know on a Tesla.
- steveBK123 3y agoYup, the Tesla UX for charging was incredible. My 2023 era CCS experience is still worse than even the 2018 Tesla charging experience I started with. Car charging map/UX, charger locations & distances between, charger uptimes, charger UX once trying to init charge, etc. For me I don't actually care because now I can charge at home, and my BMW EV truly gets 320mi+ on highway and still a solid 290mi+ in cold on highway. If I am going further than that I am probably flying. I've had to charge on the go twice in 18 months.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoYup, the 3000km road trips are probably over for me too; we were avoiding airports during the pandemic.