How often do you take road trips? The vast majority of trips taken by car are within 20–30 km. An average EV range can easily cover most people’s daily driving needs.
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samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 1 year agoYou shouldn’t have bought an EV unless you plan to use it solely for driving around a city.
fearout@kbin.social 1 year ago
samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Of course. If you have averagely 20-30 km trips and charge the vehicle overnight, EVs are good. However, when you travel more kilometers and need to charge more than 0 times on the way to your destination, you waste many hours.
sky@codesink.io 1 year ago
Have you actually road tripped an EV? You don’t waste “many hours” you spend like 15 minutes every 200 miles charging while you piss and walk your dog.
I more than once have done 600+ miles in a day in the lowest-range Tesla available. It’s just fine.
samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
yes, you spend ideally 15 minutes, realistically more. With a gasoline car, I spend around 5
lurkinggizmo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just came back from a EU holiday with an EV. 3.000km without any issue whatsoever. The gas car that joined us was 1 hour faster in the end (on a 12 hour drive).
In the EU at least, a 300km range EV is stressfree and totally doable.
samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
When you get lucky enough and you don’t have 3 people in front of you wanting to charge, sure. We go on 600-800 km trips which is quite exhausting and don’t plan to spend additional hours at chargers
Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sounds like a PHEV would solve this.
samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
No, phev is literally the worst. You have to charge it and fill it with gasoline, as well. As a result, it’s heavier and more complex.
Hybrids are fine, though I still prefer regular gasoline.