We usually drive 400 miles straight without stopping and many times without seeing any civilization.
Further, most of the Western half of the USA has level 2 charging stations, not level 3 fast charge. So it’s no where close to just ‘taking a break’, it’s sitting there at Mavericks for hours next to Fred in his model 3 jacking off to porn while Tony in his Rivian on the other side sleeps.
Maybe it will be worth it in a decade when EVs can fast charge in under 30 minutes at a station in BFE Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota or Minnesota for example.
For now however, the entire thing is not exactly advantageous for a family of 5 travelling 3,000 miles twice a year. Especially with young children.
For sure, infrastructure gets built out over time and least populated areas probably are last. But, pulling numbers out of my ass, if a third of the us has their own house and lives near a city or coast, at least a third of our vehicles could conveniently be EV already, and that number just increases over time
I had intended to reply to the person above you and deleted my post. sorry.
You are absolutely correct in your assessment though. We can travel from Tijuana, Mexico all the way to Canada on the 5 in our remaining EV with no issues actually. Sure, it requires planning where to stop to find a level 3 charger. but it’s doable.
Traversing the continent laterally is where EVs just fall short currently though and why we opted to get a hybrid.
We usually drive 400 miles straight without stopping and many times without seeing any civilization.
Further, most of the Western half of the USA has level 2 charging stations, not level 3 fast charge. So it’s no where close to just ‘taking a break’, it’s sitting there at Mavericks for hours next to Fred in his model 3 jacking off to porn while Tony in his Rivian on the other side sleeps.
Maybe it will be worth it in a decade when EVs can fast charge in under 30 minutes at a station in BFE Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota or Minnesota for example.
For now however, the entire thing is not exactly advantageous for a family of 5 travelling 3,000 miles twice a year. Especially with young children.
For sure, infrastructure gets built out over time and least populated areas probably are last. But, pulling numbers out of my ass, if a third of the us has their own house and lives near a city or coast, at least a third of our vehicles could conveniently be EV already, and that number just increases over time
I had intended to reply to the person above you and deleted my post. sorry.
You are absolutely correct in your assessment though. We can travel from Tijuana, Mexico all the way to Canada on the 5 in our remaining EV with no issues actually. Sure, it requires planning where to stop to find a level 3 charger. but it’s doable.
Traversing the continent laterally is where EVs just fall short currently though and why we opted to get a hybrid.