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While that sounds interesting on paper, what sort of problem is this solving, exactly? Even during my childless-with-gas-car days, the most we'd drive without
by atonse 2y ago
While that sounds interesting on paper, what sort of problem is this solving, exactly?
Even during my childless-with-gas-car days, the most we'd drive without stopping was maybe 3 hours. I would think even professional truckers would stop once every few hours for bathroom breaks and such.
Maybe it helps people that don't live near a charger, so they'd have to charge less often?
But even then, charging a battery up to 1,300 miles would take FOREVER even on the fastest chargers.
- singleshot_ 2y agoGoogle “trucker bomb,” or maybe don’t.
- runako 2y agoConsider that there are still regions where rapid EV chargers are not ubiquitous, this solves the problems of range anxiety and trip length. For a weeklong trip to a location where there are no chargers, you can have the confidence of making it there, tooling around for the week, and making it back to a place with a charger. You might not need this in your region, but I am familiar with regions in the US where this would come in handy.
- atonse 2y agoYeah this is a good point. I have never had range anxiety on the road, but have had a bit more when I get to certain destinations. But we also haven't been to any place in the US yet where we were hundreds of miles away from a supercharger.
- vel0city 2y agoBut that's the case with pretty much any plug-in hybrid that already exists. This has pretty similar pure-EV range to many other plug-in hybrids.
- runako 2y agoThat's fair, but as a marketing point it definitely is a differentiator. That matters for sales!
- michaelmior 2y agoNote that it's a hybrid. So the 1,300 miles isn't just electric. In which case, I think the problem of range anxiety is less relevant since refueling the gas engine is likely relatively easy just about anywhere.
- jcmontx 2y ago> charging a battery up to 1,300 miles it's a PHEV, not a BEV
- somerandomqaguy 2y ago>Even during my childless-with-gas-car days, the most we'd drive without stopping was maybe 3 hours. I would think even professional truckers would stop once every few hours for bathroom breaks and such. ....? Limit is a 30 minute break every 8 in a work period. I believe it's 11 hours driving time per 24 hour period in the US. 13 hours in southern Canada and 15 hours in the northern Canada. Then another limit being 70 hours every 7 or 8 days. IIRC it was set after studies showed that the probability of crashing increased after 11 hours of continuous driving or so, but don't quote me on that.