• notfromhere@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Just curious on why you need to drive 300 miles on a single charge? Is it because you don’t wish to stop during the trip, is there no charging infrastructure along this particular route, or something else?

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      3 months ago

      Unless you are born into great fortune, you have to work for 5 days out of every 7. The time in those remaining two days is extremely valuable to most people who just want to visit family/friends.

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        3 months ago

        I just got back from a 1,200+ mile road trip. The first leg was 450 miles and my trip planner scheduled a 20 minute stop and a 15 minute stop. Yeah it’s a little longer than otherwise but really not much. Combine them with meals and it’s no delay at all

        Edit: in an ICE car I would have made one of those stops and grabbed fast food, so the difference was 15 minutes. No big deal

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          3 months ago

          Yup, I’ve had a lot of successful and pleasant long-distance EV trips as well! However they aren’t all like that because most people don’t live in a top-5 country travelling along routes as old as their country. I can’t wait until that doesn’t matter but the current infrastructure and tech just makes you sound like the kind of person that asks starving children why they chose to be born poor.

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            3 months ago

            True, I assumed a developed country.

            I this case I did assume US but also that most developed countries have at least as good EV infrastructure and many are much better. While half of my trip was urban areas with many more choices, the other half was rural and still not inconvenient

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              3 months ago

              My guy, I live in California and even did stuff at the NUMMI factory before it made Teslas. EVs aren’t even a universal solution here yet, at the birthplace.