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.
(Excerpt) Read more at vigourtimes.com ...
He lost sleep over having to remember to charge the car all the time.
I won’t buy anything green because it supports Commies and is subsidized by tax payers. There are plenty of other reasons not to buy.
Folks,
The technology is appropriate for some people and some situations. Long trips it is obviously not good for unless your trip is leisurely with lots of naps.
We used to teach application of appropriate technology, now it is one size fits all. That is the nature of socialism and communism and fascism.
I was wondering about that northbound routing, too. Without consulting Mapquest or Google Maps, going thru Birmingham AL from NOLA to get to Chicago would not have been the first route in my mind, never mind the EV factor.
you are wasting your time here with facts on FR. The folks here who are anti-EV think it’s a political thing (regardless of Musk’s recent political stances).
I am right of Ronald Regan, and I think let the market sort it out.
If an EV is better, faster, cheaper, it will win.....I have a cybertruck on order, just because it is better, faster, cheaper.
When I was a kid, the prediction was a flying car in every garage.
Now as a very old retired pilot I can see how silly the idea was.
Silly as it was/is, there are still people trying to make it work.
I am not going to list the reasons why it is silly because there are literally hundreds of reasons and I don’t feel like making the effort for those who will never listen.
I’m very curious, how much do they charge you to charge up at these super charger stations? Thank you.
that works
once everyone has a digital passport you will not be allowed out of your local area without permission anyway
I've never had a car longer than 8 years.
EV cars and trucks do not make sense with our current electrical grid.
We have brownouts now during summer, can you imagine what it would be like if even 25% of the cars were EV’s.
No thanks.
Very true. The anti-EV club on FR are really no different than the "Orange Man Bad" people on the Leftist sites. No matter how many achievements you point out during the Trump presidency, they close their ears and eyes and bleat "Orange Man Bad, Orange Man Bad, Orange Man Bad..."
Throwing facts at them is a waste of time. Their little minds are already made up and there's no changing them.
Reminds me of the mid 2000s when the iPhone came out. People were laughing at it and saying that nobody wanted a "computer" on a phone and that the good old flip phones were all one needed and here to stay.
It depends on location, idle fees, etc. It could be anywhere from free to $20, depending on a number of factors.
they promise the jetsons
we get the flintstones
now you know why they have been building all those bike lanes
pedal power to the people!
My position was after 8 years - that's the three years the first owner drove - and the 5 years by the person who bought the car 'used'... It's not unusual for a battery to need replaying after 8 years.
An important point you touch on.
We are already well on the way to becoming a banana republic. Don’t kid yourselves. It is almost a done deal.
Banana republics all have certain mutual characteristics and one of the major is poor and unreliable utilities and infrastructure.
Many states are already in trouble with both. It is folly to think that socialists who have no idea what made this country the prosperous country it is today will manage the power grid and the infrastructure any better than those who created the many nation failures of the past and the present.
One can always find five gallons of gas somewhere near by, even if the only way is your Brooklyn credit card. But what to do when the entire power grid craps out as it has in large areas several times recently?
that blinding quick Tesla will be a dead horse.
I am a fan of Elon Musk and the Tesla is a remarkable feat of engineering, but it is like the Ferrari, the high end of the Porsche, not the car for every one.
Ideally, the most basic battery replacement in tesla costs between $13,000 and $14,000. Replacing a Tesla battery in a Model S premium sedan can cost around $13,000-$20,000. Replacing the battery in the Model 3 entry-level sedan and Model X premium SUV can cost at least $13,000 and $14,000, respectively.
Google How long do batteries in electric cars last?
The battery on an electric car is a proven technology that will last for many years. In fact, EV manufacturers guarantee it. Nissan warrants that its electric car batteries will last eight years or 100,000 miles, for example and Tesla offers a similar guarantee.
EVs not even close to ready for prime time cross country ... fascinating trip report sounds like a modern lewis & clark adventure ...
Ideally, the most basic battery replacement in tesla costs between $13,000 and $14,000. Replacing a Tesla battery in a Model S premium sedan can cost around $13,000-$20,000. Replacing the battery in the Model 3 entry-level sedan and Model X premium SUV can cost at least $13,000 and $14,000, respectively.
Googled How long do batteries in electric cars last?
The battery on an electric car is a proven technology that will last for many years. In fact, EV manufacturers guarantee it. Nissan warrants that its electric car batteries will last eight years or 100,000 miles, for example and Tesla offers a similar guarantee.
Ideally, the most basic battery replacement in tesla costs between $13,000 and $14,000. Replacing a Tesla battery in a Model S premium sedan can cost around $13,000-$20,000. Replacing the battery in the Model 3 entry-level sedan and Model X premium SUV can cost at least $13,000 and $14,000, respectively.
Googled How long do batteries in electric cars last?
The battery on an electric car is a proven technology that will last for many years. In fact, EV manufacturers guarantee it. Nissan warrants that its electric car batteries will last eight years or 100,000 miles, for example and Tesla offers a similar guarantee.
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