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True, most people don’t drive that much at once. BUT When I need to drive a lot, then I want to be able to do it. Driving for 600km / 6 hours, taking few hours

True, most people don’t drive that much at once. BUT When I need to drive a lot, then I want to be able to do it. Driving for 600km / 6 hours, taking few hours break and coming back 600km the same day is easily possible with a gasoline/diesel car. It’s a pain with an electric one.

crote 1y ago
Is it, though? Modern luxury EVs have a range of close to 500km, and they are able to charge at over 1000km of range per hour. Split that 6-hour leg into two 3-hour legs with a 15-minute charging session & pee break, and you can easily do that. Besides, why optimize for the absolute best experience on your once-a-year trip? What about the _other_ 300+ days of the year? How much time are you going to save by plugging your car into a charger when you get home once or twice a week, instead of going to a petrol station to fill it up?
- mdavid626 1y ago
  Sounds good, but it's not reality, at least not for now. What you're describing is the absolute best scenarios - most expensive cars and MW charging stations. These I can't afford and the charging stations don't exist or are very rare (at least here in Europe). If it would be true, that'd be great. For me saving time on the gas station is negligible. I drive around anyway, but yes, I agree with you - charging at home is very cool. Just plug it in when you get home and you can drive in the morning. The only way I see this, have 2 cars. One for longer trips (diesel), one for shorter, every day usage (electric). But this needs 2 parking spaces, insurance, taxes etc. I can't affor this either.
  - dzhiurgis 1y ago
    150kW is roughly 1000km/h charge rate. There are tons of such stations around Europe. Even budget EVs have such charge rate and do 300km on a highway. Most charging stops I do I can't even leave my car to grab lunch because I'd have to be running back to unplug the charger.
    - mdavid626 1y ago
      I randomly picked one charging station. Here are the reviews: > The charging station was not working, even though it says that it works. Thanks to that, we had to use slower chargers and wait for our rental EV to charge for quite a while. > Non of the 4 chargers worked.
      - dzhiurgis 1y ago
        So the problem isn't the car.
  - justinrubek 1y ago
    Yes, this is not affordable. Just the one EV works fine.
dzhiurgis 1y ago
The pain is lack of charging stations. Most new cars charge at speeds of least 1200km per hour, many far quicker.

crote 1y ago

Is it, though? Modern luxury EVs have a range of close to 500km, and they are able to charge at over 1000km of range per hour. Split that 6-hour leg into two 3-hour legs with a 15-minute charging session & pee break, and you can easily do that. Besides, why optimize for the absolute best experience on your once-a-year trip? What about the _other_ 300+ days of the year? How much time are you going to save by plugging your car into a charger when you get home once or twice a week, instead of going to a petrol station to fill it up?

mdavid626 1y ago
Sounds good, but it's not reality, at least not for now. What you're describing is the absolute best scenarios - most expensive cars and MW charging stations. These I can't afford and the charging stations don't exist or are very rare (at least here in Europe). If it would be true, that'd be great. For me saving time on the gas station is negligible. I drive around anyway, but yes, I agree with you - charging at home is very cool. Just plug it in when you get home and you can drive in the morning. The only way I see this, have 2 cars. One for longer trips (diesel), one for shorter, every day usage (electric). But this needs 2 parking spaces, insurance, taxes etc. I can't affor this either.
- dzhiurgis 1y ago
  150kW is roughly 1000km/h charge rate. There are tons of such stations around Europe. Even budget EVs have such charge rate and do 300km on a highway. Most charging stops I do I can't even leave my car to grab lunch because I'd have to be running back to unplug the charger.
  - mdavid626 1y ago
    I randomly picked one charging station. Here are the reviews: > The charging station was not working, even though it says that it works. Thanks to that, we had to use slower chargers and wait for our rental EV to charge for quite a while. > Non of the 4 chargers worked.
    - dzhiurgis 1y ago
      So the problem isn't the car.
- justinrubek 1y ago
  Yes, this is not affordable. Just the one EV works fine.

dzhiurgis 1y ago

The pain is lack of charging stations. Most new cars charge at speeds of least 1200km per hour, many far quicker.