Obviously, you haven't had an EV before. I've been driving EVs with 230+ mile ranges for 5 years now and I have had no real issues with long distance trips, especially in my Telsa. I guess it would be a problem if some maniacal evil genius was holding my wife hostage 600 miles away and gave me 10 hours to get there or he would start torturing her, but 99.99% of the time, that isn't the case. Charging rates 150kw and greater are a game changer. I regularly do a 550+ mile round trip to my inlaws house and I may charge for 10 or so mins at the halfway point which gives me time to stretch my legs, hit a bathroom, and grab a snack. I start with 90% of charge and arrive with 25% of charge. When I get to my in-laws, sometime during the visit, I stop at a Supercharger about 15 mins away and let it charge to 90% for the ride home while we go to dinner at a restaurant in town. On the way home, another 10 min or so of charging. I could likely not stop if I wanted to be rolling home with less than 10% of charge. On the 10 hour drive, it costs me about 15-20 mins extra that I wouldn't have in an ICE car. BUT I would likely still have that extra 15-20 mins anyway so I could stop to stretch my legs on the 5 hour legs up and back in an ICE car. Heck, an ICE car that gets 35MPG with a 12 gallon fuel tank only has 420 miles of range.
It just occurred to me...Why are we having a range and charging debate in the 'September Delivery Dates' thread? Isn't there an entire forum for this?
