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> This is not as impressive as you might think, to be honest. Not sure what argument you think I'm making, but OP already owns the car, I'm not making a claim

> This is not as impressive as you might think, to be honest. Not sure what argument you think I'm making, but OP already owns the car, I'm not making a claim about anything being impressive or trying to convince anybody to buy one. I shared somebody's detailed log book for a potentially similar kind of trip in a similar vehicle in a more challenging charging environment. I've never been to the US parks in question, and I don't know how much driving one does on those trips, so I made some caveats. > Honestly, the story makes it clear that range is an issue, not that range is doable in an EV. How is it an issue? They had a great trip and found that the animal viewing was especially enjoyable in an EV, and the experience was significantly different from driving an ICE. If it doesn't work in OPs particular scenario, that's fine, but I don't know why you're making generalised statements about a specific trip.

lelanthran 3y ago
> > Honestly, the story makes it clear that range is an issue, not that range is doable in an EV. > How is it an issue? They had a great trip and found that the animal viewing was especially enjoyable in an EV, and the experience was significantly different from driving an ICE. That's not relevant to "range is an issue". > If it doesn't work in OPs particular scenario, that's fine, but I don't know why you're making generalised statements about a specific trip. Because it is being presented as newsworthy when it really isn't - 100km/day is not what people refer to when they say "range anxiety". A long trip in which 50% of the trip duration is spent waiting for charge is also not newsworthy.
- ryanjshaw 3y ago
  What part of my comment made it sound like I was presenting something newsworthy?
  - lelanthran 3y ago
    > What part of my comment made it sound like I was presenting something newsworthy? Can you clarify what the point of your comment was? I'm just a little bit confused about the point of responding to a range-anxiety post with a link to a news article that demonstrates 100km/day range. It's my understanding that no one is discussing and/or concerned about a range of 100km off a full charge, so my interpretation of your initial post was that it was an attempt to alleviate fears about range, so ... I (naturally) thought that you were presenting the 100km/day range as something new that I (and others) might not have know about. [PS. Hi from another South African :-)]
katbyte 3y ago
100km is a short distance, i driver further then that for a day of snowboarding at the local big mountain (130km each way) - I’ve driven 2x that fora day hike And road trip? Between 500-1000 a day on travel days. North America is big.
- ryanjshaw 3y ago
  It sounds like the types of trips you're referring to are different from the types I'm referring to.
- Scarblac 3y ago
  With how many people in the car? The world is big no matter where you are, but that just sounds like bragging how wasteful you can be.
  - lelanthran 3y ago
    > With how many people in the car? Is that really relevant? If someone is prepared to drive 600+km one-way, it sounds like they are going whether or not anyone wants to go with them. > The world is big no matter where you are, but that just sounds like bragging how wasteful you can be. Someone prepared to drive long distances for a specific $SOMETHING isn't bragging. You might argue that they must modify their entertainment preferences to suit your morals, but your morals are irrelevant.

lelanthran 3y ago

> > Honestly, the story makes it clear that range is an issue, not that range is doable in an EV. > How is it an issue? They had a great trip and found that the animal viewing was especially enjoyable in an EV, and the experience was significantly different from driving an ICE. That's not relevant to "range is an issue". > If it doesn't work in OPs particular scenario, that's fine, but I don't know why you're making generalised statements about a specific trip. Because it is being presented as newsworthy when it really isn't - 100km/day is not what people refer to when they say "range anxiety". A long trip in which 50% of the trip duration is spent waiting for charge is also not newsworthy.

ryanjshaw 3y ago
What part of my comment made it sound like I was presenting something newsworthy?
- lelanthran 3y ago
  > What part of my comment made it sound like I was presenting something newsworthy? Can you clarify what the point of your comment was? I'm just a little bit confused about the point of responding to a range-anxiety post with a link to a news article that demonstrates 100km/day range. It's my understanding that no one is discussing and/or concerned about a range of 100km off a full charge, so my interpretation of your initial post was that it was an attempt to alleviate fears about range, so ... I (naturally) thought that you were presenting the 100km/day range as something new that I (and others) might not have know about. [PS. Hi from another South African :-)]

katbyte 3y ago

100km is a short distance, i driver further then that for a day of snowboarding at the local big mountain (130km each way) - I’ve driven 2x that fora day hike And road trip? Between 500-1000 a day on travel days. North America is big.

ryanjshaw 3y ago
It sounds like the types of trips you're referring to are different from the types I'm referring to.
Scarblac 3y ago
With how many people in the car? The world is big no matter where you are, but that just sounds like bragging how wasteful you can be.
- lelanthran 3y ago
  > With how many people in the car? Is that really relevant? If someone is prepared to drive 600+km one-way, it sounds like they are going whether or not anyone wants to go with them. > The world is big no matter where you are, but that just sounds like bragging how wasteful you can be. Someone prepared to drive long distances for a specific $SOMETHING isn't bragging. You might argue that they must modify their entertainment preferences to suit your morals, but your morals are irrelevant.