That and long distance travel are my concerns. Will I have to keep stopping for long charging sessions. Will there even be a charger on the route at all.
A third concern is how safe the lithium batteries are for charging, it would have to be inside my garage that is on the 1st floor. I guess it’s probably not too much of a concern but I worry about even leaving small lithium batteries charging unattended.
You could drive from New York to la in a model three with about twelve 30 minute stops. Given that it’s a multi day drive, you can even fold a charge or two into overnight parking. While that is more than a gas car, it’s not horrible.
New York to Miami is about six stops. I would have to stop around the same amount of times in my relatively fuel efficient ice (30 mpg), though (some) of the stops would be significantly shorter.
That’s not as bad as I thought. Do you still have to plan your route out to make sure you have a charger available? Do you ever get stuck waiting for someone to finish charging?
I usually end up going 1,000 miles or so in a single day. Maybe stop to get gas 2 or 3 times for a couple minutes each time. Ends up being 13-16 hours, so try to keep the refueling to a minimum so it doesn’t carry over into another day.
Not sure how I could charge in my family’s rural area or if they would even want me using their electricity even if it could use a regular outlet.
Ideally I think I would prefer some sort of simple battery swap. Also would need another company, I wouldn’t buy a Tesla just because of Elon.
That and long distance travel are my concerns. Will I have to keep stopping for long charging sessions. Will there even be a charger on the route at all.
A third concern is how safe the lithium batteries are for charging, it would have to be inside my garage that is on the 1st floor. I guess it’s probably not too much of a concern but I worry about even leaving small lithium batteries charging unattended.
You could drive from New York to la in a model three with about twelve 30 minute stops. Given that it’s a multi day drive, you can even fold a charge or two into overnight parking. While that is more than a gas car, it’s not horrible.
New York to Miami is about six stops. I would have to stop around the same amount of times in my relatively fuel efficient ice (30 mpg), though (some) of the stops would be significantly shorter.
That’s not as bad as I thought. Do you still have to plan your route out to make sure you have a charger available? Do you ever get stuck waiting for someone to finish charging?
I usually end up going 1,000 miles or so in a single day. Maybe stop to get gas 2 or 3 times for a couple minutes each time. Ends up being 13-16 hours, so try to keep the refueling to a minimum so it doesn’t carry over into another day.
Not sure how I could charge in my family’s rural area or if they would even want me using their electricity even if it could use a regular outlet.
Ideally I think I would prefer some sort of simple battery swap. Also would need another company, I wouldn’t buy a Tesla just because of Elon.
Tesla cars have a route planner built into it that will send you to the fast chargers along the way.
Some of the other newer non Tesla EVs do the same thing. There’s also a free app called a ‘better route planner’ that does this to for any car.