‘Why did it take nine hours to go 130 miles in our new electric Porsche?’

The Guardian ^ | 28 Nov 2020 | Miles Brignall

[DUMBGRUNT]

I think an EV is a good solution for local driving. The Nissan Leaf looked good, but our son lives in a distant suburb, a round trip was at the limit. My wife selected a Prius V, I love it.

[\/\/ayne]

I have a friend with a Leaf who loves it - but he doesn’t have to drive far. I used to enjoy having a small motorcycle for the same reason.

[House Atreides]

“...Their journey would have taken two and a half hours in a conventional car, they say....”
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Slowpokes!

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

If the car has a range of 250 miles and the trip was 130 miles, why were they stopping to recharge?

[Leaning Right]

> ‘Why did it take nine hours to go 130 miles in our new electric Porsche?’ <

Look on the bright side. That’s still better than Fred could do.

[lgjhn23]

“...Slowpokes!...”

Heh, a Dodge Hellcat would....
Well, I’ll just leave it that right here.

[JoeFromSidney]

>p>Back when I was a child, I read Tom Swift And His Electric Car. As I recall, Tom was always interrupting his chase of the bad guys to get a recharge from a trolley line.

[Texas Eagle]

Next time, tow a gas-powered generator. Sheesh. Do I have to think of EVERYthing?

[dfwgator]

[rktman]

Did they run the heater?

[ConservaTexan]

They bought a ridiculously expensive(probably subsidized), very limited range automobile to make them feel morally superior. Now they expect taxpayers to throw even more money down a rat hole so they can use it.

[PAR35]

I might do a hybrid at some point, but I’d never do a plug in electric.

At least Texas is talking about taxing electric vehicles.

[William Tell]

“It’s easy to spot the pioneers. They are the one’s with arrows in their backs.”

[Wilhelm Tell]

If it was a British-made car I would have assumed part of the time was spent getting it off the jacks and putting the wheels back on it.

[Spacetrucker]

C’mon, son, have you ever seen his foot speed?

[GOP Poet]

Why did they leave home with 45 mile range left on an electric car to begin with? Also depending on the battery many vehicles can go 100s of miles without a new charge. Not that I don’t have my gripes about FORCING electric cars n us. IT IS WRONG and ANTI- AMERICAN. But these two were not living in the real world of smart trip planning.

[Joe 6-pack]

It will take the British a long time to develop an electric car as they’ll still have to figure out some way of getting it to drip engine oil on the driveway.

[norwaypinesavage]

"The couple...love their new fully electric Porsche"

Not very bright, are they?

[Sirius Lee]

If it was a British-made car

I shudder to imagine a Lucas Electric car.

[Alberta's Child]

What the heck is an electric Porsche? Isn’t that like a vegetarian steak?