Have electric hybrid which obviously isn’t the same thing, but was considering going full EV. With the hybrid I am always on the lookout for places to charge to avoid gas and keep preconditioning option going. Often difficult to find a charging station never mind fast charging. I’ve paid attention to the 200mile mark to imagine what it would look like if I didn’t have the gas backup and it’s not pretty. Sure you could do it with some patience and careful planning, but in my country unless you are staying near a coast, EV really becomes less practical for long distance traveling.
Out of curiosity, have you tried?
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Can you charge from home? I have a house with off street parking and sufficient electrical service, that I installed a level 2 charger for about the cost of a new electric stove circuit. It’s so nice always being charged for local trips. So far I’m good for 200 mile round trips, and I just plug in at night if I’m low. This is more convenient than how I used to have to go to a gas station every couple weeks
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Yes. But I am referring to multi day travel not daily travel.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I have a 400 mile one way trip coming up, so we’ll see.
In 8 months, it’ll be only the second time I’ll need to use a supercharger. Otherwise I never need to go anywhere to recharge; I simply plug in at home overnight when it’s low. It’s the same as keeping a phone charged: it’s just always ready.
So I did some route planning as a what-if. Looking at a map of superchargers, there are many along my route - it seems like every town along the interstate has at least one. Letting the software figure it out, it recommended two 20 minute stops. On a trip that easily runs nine hours if there’s any traffic, 2 20 minute stops aren’t really any different than I would plan anyway: how fast do you scarf down your French fries and cheeseburger?
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 1 month ago
How often do you do that?
darganon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The answer is always no. I just want to know who these people are that wake up, get in their truck, tow their boat 800 miles every single day are.
They don’t exist, they would just rather inconvenience themselves 364 days a year to shave an hour off a long trip one day a year.
It’s absurd.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 1 month ago
That’s kind of what I was getting at, thanks.