Before I bought mine, I decided if there’s enough coverage by charging networks then the occasional long trip doesn’t matter.
If you don’t have enough range to cover your regular trips, that’s a pain. Those yearly trips, though? It’s okay if they take a little bit longer. Stretching your legs every couple of hours makes for a nicer trip anyway.
If you add up all the times that you charge while you’re asleep instead of diverting and stopping at a filling station, you probably save time overall with an EV, even with half hour charging stops on long trips.
If you only have 100 miles range then there isn’t enough chargers. Even if you have 300 you have to check where chargers are, as unlike gas stations chargers are not everywhere - yet. In 20 years I expect driving a gas car on those long trips mean check for where gas is first.
Before I bought mine, I decided if there’s enough coverage by charging networks then the occasional long trip doesn’t matter.
If you don’t have enough range to cover your regular trips, that’s a pain. Those yearly trips, though? It’s okay if they take a little bit longer. Stretching your legs every couple of hours makes for a nicer trip anyway.
If you add up all the times that you charge while you’re asleep instead of diverting and stopping at a filling station, you probably save time overall with an EV, even with half hour charging stops on long trips.
If you only have 100 miles range then there isn’t enough chargers. Even if you have 300 you have to check where chargers are, as unlike gas stations chargers are not everywhere - yet. In 20 years I expect driving a gas car on those long trips mean check for where gas is first.