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Range is important because charges are unavailable in much of the country still
by nothercastle 1y ago
Range is important because charges are unavailable in much of the country still
- sharken 1y agoAbsolutely, though charging speed is also hugely important. Anywhere where you don't have access to your own charger, being able to add 100 km of range per minute, makes it possible to make the switch to an EV.
- nothercastle 1y agoYeah I’d say priority 1 is having the charger at all and then ideally having a fast one. It sucks to show up to all these charging places and wait an hour because half of them are down at any moment in time and the are only 2-4 per location
- tzs 1y agoYup. For long trips range determines: 1. Whether the trip is possible. You need enough range to span the largest gap between charge stations with an acceptable safety factor. 2. The number of charging stops you will need. Charging speed determines: 1. How long your charging stops will last. Trip time is the sum of: 1. Time actually on the highway. 2. Time actually charging at your charging stops. 3. Time transitioning from #1 to #2 and later back to #1. Let's call this overhead time. The total time spent actually charging is, assuming you started the trip fully charged: (Trip_Length - Range) / Charge_Rate That's because after you've used up your range from your before-trip charging every mile for the rest of the trip comes from charging during the trip. For long trips the time spent charging is usually much more than the overhead time. A fast charging short range EV will usually get there faster than a slow charging long range EV.