Stopping every 2 hours is nuts. 4 hours sure ok. I regularly drive long distances for work and if it’s 6 hours or less I’m going to try to make it without stopping at all.
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frezik@midwest.social 5 months agoRight. If you put in enough chargers, ranges of 300 to 400mi are fine. You need to stop every 2 to 4 hours, anyway, so it’s not a big deal in practice.
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 5 months ago
frezik@midwest.social 5 months ago
You’re harming yourself doing this. First, sitting for long periods of time isn’t good, and getting up and stretching every 2 hours is recommended. This applies to office work just as much as driving. Second, urination typically happens every 3-4 hours, and if you’re not, then you’re likely dehydrated or have something else going wrong.
If you really, really want to do this, well OK, but we shouldn’t put the whole EV transition on hold just to let you do this.
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah nothing’s going to stop me and I do far worse things for my health. You’re right though.
And yeah I was just commenting on the two hour thing which I thought seemed silly. Nothing to do with the original topic of EVs.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s not a big deal if you’re only driving a few hours. Longer trips, especially business trips, yes that’s a big deal.
Not to mention, the real world tests don’t support the stated driving ranges for most models. Ideal conditions hardly ever exist in the real world.
KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 5 months ago
In the real world, people don’t regularly drive 600 miles in a hurry either.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Most people don’t, but some do. I did for a while, when I was working as a construction manager and then again as a generator technician. It’s a big country, with all kinds of people. I think you’d be surprised how many people frequently need to drive ling distances in a hurry.
macrocephalic@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m sure there are people, but I think you’d be surprised how few there are. The vast majority of people make long trips very infrequently - to the point that most could hire a car or find some other means for those situations.
KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes, but if only those people who need that drove ICE cars, BEVs would have a 90% market share.
You999@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
If it’s a business trip where time matters where you can’t afford to loose 25 minutes every few hours, why are you driving instead of flying?
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Because planes won’t drop you off at the client’s house, even when you ask nicely.
You999@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
But it’s still going to be fast (and cheaper with wages factored in) to fly and then use one of the countless ‘last mile transportation’ options available when the distance is greater than an EVs range while you can’t afford to loose time to charging. The only exceptions I see is those jobs who need tools/supplies on site in which case you are almost definitely taking a fleet vehicle and this whole problem is moop.
femtech@midwest.social 5 months ago
I get more than the stated range in the summer and less in the winter.