Yep...seems to be a lot of hot air when it comes to EVs.
Only solidifies my determination of not to own one.
Averaged less than 22 miles an hour. Seniors in Florida drive faster than that for God’s sake. If he was on major highways he posed a threat to other drivers
Gosh, I wonder how well it works when it gets bitterly cold and there’s snow on the roads - as happens in Wyoming.
Those EVs are crap and not ready for prime time.
A Nissan Leaf is a city running errands car with a range of only 50 miles. The guy is an idiot!
I have driven across Wyoming. Many times we didn’t see a car for hours.
Good. Stupid should hurt.
Along the same lines, check this guy’s review on his towing experience disaster with an electric pickup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nS0Fdayj8Y
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The article doesn’t say why it took him 15 hours to drive 178 miles? What was causing the guy’s problems?
Choosing a Leaf to drive around Wyoming seems intentionally stupid.
“15 hours to drive 178 miles”
If my math is right that averages like 12 mph......I know guys that could have gotten there as fast of faster on their bicycles.
It must have been a day with a strong headwind!!
I saw on Youtube 2 guys driving a fully charged electric F-150 and a Humvee with matching trailers in Colorado. I think the round trip was 176 miles. One had to get a recharge on the way back and it took 36 mins at .26 cents a kw for a partial charge while the other guy in the Humvee did not as he thought he could make it as he had 10% charge left in his bigger battery pack. He manged but had only 8% left. I noticed he had his window partially down so no a/c used.
They had a backup gas Tacoma pickup truck which only used 1/4 tank of gas. The driver said he could make the trip 3 more times before getting gas. At 5 minutes....
The Humvee was about $115,000 !!
Obviously, this means the US Government needs to cut HUGE checks to lots of kickback contractors who will build millions of charging stations all over the United States, just like they did to create gas statio...UH...ER...never mind.
Family member has a Tesla X and loves it. After five years the replacement new one is on order and will arrive next month.
That family drove 770 miles with it to visit and again to go home. No problems outside a tire problem.
Two day drive with kids. Stopped adjacent to Super-chargers to eat lunch each day and then near one for the overnight motel.
Model 3 does eat tires if you let the pressure get low as they run at almost 50 psi.
These are expensive but they can afford it and it is what they like. This was on a major east coast travel corridor and there are hundreds of similar trips where it would not be a practical and they would take their other SUV.
Deep State doesn’t care.
EV driving range should be measured by the number of golf courses the vehicle can get through without needing a charge.