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I Rented An Electric Car For A Four-Day Road Trip. I Spent More Time Charging It Than I Did Sleeping.
vigourtimes ^ | June 4, 2022 | Colin Mcatee

Posted on 06/05/2022 8:19:50 AM PDT by American Number 181269513

I thought it would be fun.

That’s what I told my friend Mack when I asked her to drive with me from New Orleans to Chicago and back in an electric car.

I’d made long road trips before, surviving popped tires, blown headlights and shredded wheel-well liners in my 2008 Volkswagen Jetta. I figured driving the brand-new Kia EV6 I’d rented would be a piece of cake.

If, that is, the public-charging infrastructure cooperated. We wouldn’t be the first to test it. Sales of pure and hybrid plug-ins doubled in the U.S. last year to 656,866—over 4% of the total market, according to database EV-volumes. More than half of car buyers say they want their next car to be an EV, according to recent Ernst & Young Global Ltd. data.

By the Numbers

Our reporter’s four-day, three-night EV road trip included many charging stops, little sleep—and less junk food than you might expect

Miles driven: 2,013

Number of charges: 14

Total charging cost: $175

Hours spent waiting to charge:18

Hours of sleep:16

Calories of junk food consumed (estimated): 1,465

Giant chicken statues passed: 1

Oh—and we aimed to make the 2,000-mile trip in just under four days so Mack could make her Thursday-afternoon shift as a restaurant server.

Less money, more time

Given our battery range of up to 310 miles, I plotted a meticulous route, splitting our days into four chunks of roughly 7½-hours each. We’d need to charge once or twice each day and plug in near our hotel overnight.

The PlugShare app—a user-generated map of public chargers—showed thousands of charging options between New Orleans and Chicago. But most were classified as Level 2, requiring around 8 hours for a full charge.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Travel
KEYWORDS: electriccar; ev; wboopi
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To: Dilbert San Diego

JD_ is a battery head. I halve (or double) every stat he gives, similarly never/always = sometimes. Right next door = who knows how far away or even where.

The article author is correct. If you don’t have a charging station pretty much everywhere and you’re not in & out in under 5 minutes, who wants it?


121 posted on 06/05/2022 2:10:29 PM PDT by citizen (Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public prop. in riches and luxury)
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To: minnesota_bound

The writer should have tried one of those newfangled gasoline powered cars.... 😁


122 posted on 06/05/2022 2:17:24 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Leep

They aren’t because EVs will be for people after the population is lowered.

Not everyone will be allowed a car and maybe they won’t even be “owned”.

It is hard to adjust the mind to the fact we are never going back and all of us aren’t going forward.

All of these new things will be subject to your personal social credit and banking score.

This may not happen but it probably will because we aren’t doing anything to stop it.


123 posted on 06/05/2022 2:28:19 PM PDT by dforest (We have to put a stop to this now.)
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To: TexasGator
nger than that and the gas and maitentenance savings pay for it.

And what's the resale value of such car after the battery life comes close to its end?

124 posted on 06/05/2022 2:35:26 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm Jimmy Crack Corn and I don't care)
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To: dforest

I’ve postulated similar.
They want to force the working class onto buses and trains.
Commercial flights will no longer be available except for the very rich and connected.


125 posted on 06/05/2022 2:40:05 PM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: American Number 181269513

Around town, I would use one. For frequent highway, overnight trips…I am not ready to make that leap.


126 posted on 06/05/2022 3:32:04 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Dilbert San Diego

It means, “There ya go…”


127 posted on 06/05/2022 3:34:29 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Owen
Good post. Thanks. My feelings as well.

One other reason I don't support the EV cult, though, viz. because it's what the liberals want.

128 posted on 06/05/2022 3:48:14 PM PDT by LouAvul (Complacency is the enemy of courage.)
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To: American Number 181269513

take your hourly rate, times the hours waiting, and add THAT to the cost of the trip...


129 posted on 06/05/2022 4:14:35 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Hot Tabasco

N9n Sequitur


130 posted on 06/05/2022 5:06:41 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: Pelham

Tesla are the roll Royse of the field. There will. Be the work a day ones


131 posted on 06/05/2022 5:26:07 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: TexasGator

$16,000 for a new drivetrain? Come on, man....


132 posted on 06/05/2022 9:03:09 PM PDT by GOPJ (It's NOT 'gun violence' it's 'CRIMINAL VIOLENCE'- RAPE isn't penis violence - it's criminal violence)
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To: JD_UTDallas

That’s great ... Plus Musk will figure this out. Thanks for sharing the link.


133 posted on 06/05/2022 9:05:11 PM PDT by GOPJ (It's NOT 'gun violence' it's 'CRIMINAL VIOLENCE'- RAPE isn't penis violence - it's criminal violence)
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To: JD_UTDallas

https://insideevs.com/news/342457/this-tesla-model-x-90d-covered-350000-miles-on-original-battery/

You’re right. Also I support nuclear power and AI...


134 posted on 06/05/2022 9:07:18 PM PDT by GOPJ (It's NOT 'gun violence' it's 'CRIMINAL VIOLENCE'- RAPE isn't penis violence - it's criminal violence)
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To: Bob434

Remember those $1,500 computers that opened with a little blinking cursor in the upper left hand corner? And were out of date 7 months later? That’s why young people should buy electric cars - flaws and all - so they can be made better over time. We did our part.


135 posted on 06/05/2022 9:10:05 PM PDT by GOPJ (It's NOT 'gun violence' it's 'CRIMINAL VIOLENCE'- RAPE isn't penis violence - it's criminal violence)
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To: GOPJ

ive certainly done my part- but nope on the electric cars- i put my time in helping ‘perfect’ gasoline cars (The money spent on them has been outrageous) I’ll stick with gasoline- electric grids are already overwhelmed as it is- it will be unworkable when they mandate all electric vehicles-


136 posted on 06/05/2022 9:26:20 PM PDT by Bob434 (.)
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To: JD_UTDallas

Yes this is a drinking forum no question of that

Names Charlie not Francis

Three pints is ..06 with five percent beer

I don’t drink I’ve witnessed the destruction as folks age and their drinking doesn’t age with them


137 posted on 06/06/2022 12:27:57 AM PDT by wardaddy (Where did all the sane posters go......they cannot have all died ....could they ?)
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To: American Number 181269513

Rd later.


138 posted on 06/06/2022 4:10:52 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: JD_UTDallas
Why would one drive though Alabama from Texas to Louisiana?

Of course you WOULDN'T, but if you look at your map, you will see that a HUGE portion of the country is isolated and unpopulated to the extent that there are NO places to stop, much less charge. But your car can't go there, so you are limited to the areas you cite.

139 posted on 06/06/2022 5:54:02 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Ultra MAGA!)
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To: JD_UTDallas

Will solar panels ever be wonderful they can be incorporated into the roof of the car? A ‘charge up while driving’... and garages with ‘sun room’ benefits?


140 posted on 06/06/2022 8:33:15 AM PDT by GOPJ (It's NOT 'gun violence' it's 'CRIMINAL VIOLENCE'- RAPE isn't penis violence - it's criminal violence)
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