My Model 3 has a real world range of about 420km (maybe 300 if I constantly go 160km/h). For long travels this is more than I need, as I usually travel with the family and about every 2 or 3 hours I need a break. Plug it in, eat something, your good to go an additional 200km with the charge you added.
It also takes me to work and back for 4 or even 5 days. When I could not charge at home I could at work or while grocery shopping. I prefer this over waiting 3 minutes at the gas station doing nothing else than holding a dirty hose.
420km is not acceptable for the price of the car or long-distance traveling. In the US, that’s not anything crazy to do on a normal basis. That would add an extra hour to an hour and a half. Tesla isn’t the company to back, I’m looking forward to Honda and Toyota products. Hopefully, Subaru will start pushing EVs sooner than later.
It always amazes me that people are like “but I can’t drive it for 7 straight hours without having to stop for 15 minutes!”
Like… Get the fuck off my roads you dangerous dickheads. If you drive an electric cross country you’ll be charging it for as long as and as regularly as the minimum amount of breaks you must take in order to drive safely. Just fucking do it even if you’re in a fossil fuel car that technically could let you avoid taking those breaks. Why are people like this‽
Man, you’ve got no idea what it takes to make the world go 'round. There’s a whole group of people out there doing the hard work that you’d never do that have to work long hours, and have to drive long hours to maximize time with their family. It’s not that I -have- to drive 7 hours without a 15 minute break, but it’s that I’m going to regardless of what anybody says because I am living my life right up against the edge of maximum productivity. I don’t need the same amount of rest as the 58 year old trucker that’s on his second stroke, so I’m not going to follow these generalized “guidelines”.
We’re the ones that paid the taxes to get the road built, so why don’t you merge back into the slow lane and let us live our lives? Lol.
What an intelligent and nuanced opinion you have. Most of the drivers in the US drive less than an hour a day for their commute. (https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/one-way-travel-time-to-work-rises.html)
Even if they jumped straight on the highway at 70mph, they’d still have 2 or 3 days before they would need to recharge. Not to mention that most of the time I average about 35mph on my mixed driving commute, the real distance most people drive is much less than that generous estimate. Charging overnight off a regular wall outlet will easily replenish those miles as well.
As for paying taxes to build roads, as a hybrid owner in my state, I actually pay more per mile than almost every other vehicle type. I pay more than my share for the roads.
Try thinking a little bit before you assume that your outdated dinosaur ways are the future for everyone.
I wanna preface this by saying I agree with you BUT aren’t electric vehicles generally heavier than their non electric counterparts? So paying more in taxes sorta evens out with the wear and tear that those heavier vehicles would put on the road.
That said, I’m just an ignorant dude with no sources so feel free to call me out.
We’re the ones that paid the taxes to get the road built
Then why don’t you stop wasting your precious time here and spend it demanding those taxes go towards paying for changes that allow you to earn a living, and spend time with your family without having to make dangerously long drives on a regular basis?
You think the edge of maximum productivity involves driving 7 hours? What’s that per day? Trip? And do you think people who don’t drive 7 hours aren’t paying any taxes? And that you’re doing some kind of service to everyone else by driving so much? Or that your shitty situation applies to the majority of people who complain about EV ranges?
My Model 3 has a real world range of about 420km (maybe 300 if I constantly go 160km/h). For long travels this is more than I need, as I usually travel with the family and about every 2 or 3 hours I need a break. Plug it in, eat something, your good to go an additional 200km with the charge you added. It also takes me to work and back for 4 or even 5 days. When I could not charge at home I could at work or while grocery shopping. I prefer this over waiting 3 minutes at the gas station doing nothing else than holding a dirty hose.
420km is not acceptable for the price of the car or long-distance traveling. In the US, that’s not anything crazy to do on a normal basis. That would add an extra hour to an hour and a half. Tesla isn’t the company to back, I’m looking forward to Honda and Toyota products. Hopefully, Subaru will start pushing EVs sooner than later.
It always amazes me that people are like “but I can’t drive it for 7 straight hours without having to stop for 15 minutes!”
Like… Get the fuck off my roads you dangerous dickheads. If you drive an electric cross country you’ll be charging it for as long as and as regularly as the minimum amount of breaks you must take in order to drive safely. Just fucking do it even if you’re in a fossil fuel car that technically could let you avoid taking those breaks. Why are people like this‽
Man, you’ve got no idea what it takes to make the world go 'round. There’s a whole group of people out there doing the hard work that you’d never do that have to work long hours, and have to drive long hours to maximize time with their family. It’s not that I -have- to drive 7 hours without a 15 minute break, but it’s that I’m going to regardless of what anybody says because I am living my life right up against the edge of maximum productivity. I don’t need the same amount of rest as the 58 year old trucker that’s on his second stroke, so I’m not going to follow these generalized “guidelines”.
We’re the ones that paid the taxes to get the road built, so why don’t you merge back into the slow lane and let us live our lives? Lol.
What an intelligent and nuanced opinion you have. Most of the drivers in the US drive less than an hour a day for their commute. (https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/one-way-travel-time-to-work-rises.html) Even if they jumped straight on the highway at 70mph, they’d still have 2 or 3 days before they would need to recharge. Not to mention that most of the time I average about 35mph on my mixed driving commute, the real distance most people drive is much less than that generous estimate. Charging overnight off a regular wall outlet will easily replenish those miles as well.
As for paying taxes to build roads, as a hybrid owner in my state, I actually pay more per mile than almost every other vehicle type. I pay more than my share for the roads.
Try thinking a little bit before you assume that your outdated dinosaur ways are the future for everyone.
I wanna preface this by saying I agree with you BUT aren’t electric vehicles generally heavier than their non electric counterparts? So paying more in taxes sorta evens out with the wear and tear that those heavier vehicles would put on the road.
That said, I’m just an ignorant dude with no sources so feel free to call me out.
Then why don’t you stop wasting your precious time here and spend it demanding those taxes go towards paying for changes that allow you to earn a living, and spend time with your family without having to make dangerously long drives on a regular basis?
I do plenty of that too. Hopefully you are too!
People can be perfectly capable of operating in a system while demanding change in that very same system.
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Evidently you care enough to want to shush me.
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You think the edge of maximum productivity involves driving 7 hours? What’s that per day? Trip? And do you think people who don’t drive 7 hours aren’t paying any taxes? And that you’re doing some kind of service to everyone else by driving so much? Or that your shitty situation applies to the majority of people who complain about EV ranges?