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A couple took an electric car on a 1,500 mile road trip. They had to stop 12 times and forgo heat due to their range anxiety.
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| Feb 14, 2023, 2:39 PM
| Grace Kay
Posted on 02/15/2023 11:17:22 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
What a silly couple in that story! I take my EV on long road trips, too.
And I have never once experienced “range anxiety” (that’s my car in the picture below).
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posted on
02/15/2023 11:40:29 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: RainMan
An EV would have a really tough time making it over the Rockies and Cascades. They would have no chance in winter.
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posted on
02/15/2023 11:42:53 AM PST
by
bray
(Order at TheRepublicofTexas.store)
To: Red Badger
Theres a lot of room in the back of that car, I just looked at the pictures. They could have easily put a 10KW Generator in the back and used it to charge their car whenever they wanted.
A 9500W Predator at Harbor Freight is only $2500 and they work quite well and are very quiet, I have 2
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posted on
02/15/2023 11:43:00 AM PST
by
eyeamok
(founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
To: Leaning Right
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posted on
02/15/2023 11:43:57 AM PST
by
Allegra
To: Red Badger
But, but, but... what about the jobs for 6 year olds living in 3rd world countries digging the rare earth elements needed for the batteries? What will they do if battery operated cars don’t sell?
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posted on
02/15/2023 11:44:52 AM PST
by
GOPJ
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ Gumballs: Immigrants by the numbers.)
To: eyeamok
First of all, why did they attempt this in the winter?
Second, why did they attempt it at all?.................
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posted on
02/15/2023 11:50:42 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
First of all, why did they attempt this in the winter?
I never question peoples motivation to challenge Darwin, and I am against any type of intervention when they do so. I just want to sit back with a glass of wine and watch
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posted on
02/15/2023 11:54:03 AM PST
by
eyeamok
(founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...
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posted on
02/15/2023 12:01:11 PM PST
by
bitt
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To: RainMan
That is what I was thinking, if they had anxiety traveling east a west coast swing would have not gone too well at all.
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posted on
02/15/2023 12:01:21 PM PST
by
Jolla
To: Red Badger
“We were constantly thinking about where to charge next,” Muller wrote
Sounds like the American dream.
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posted on
02/15/2023 12:02:16 PM PST
by
McGruff
(Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
To: McGruff
30 years ago they would have been talking about credit cards...............
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posted on
02/15/2023 12:05:03 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Leaning Right
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posted on
02/15/2023 12:06:54 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
To: Red Badger
Just another reason not to buy an EV.
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posted on
02/15/2023 12:07:21 PM PST
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
To: Red Badger
Is AAA equipped with HUGE trucks with HUGER battery packs for charging broken-down cars?
When EVs outnumber normal cars, the highways will be a disaster, with stalled cars everywhere, and tow trucks needing 20 minutes to give you enough of a charge to get home.
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posted on
02/15/2023 12:22:27 PM PST
by
I want the USA back
(News media are pond scum. My pronouns: Haha, heehee, hoho, hoo hoo. )
To: doorgunner69
I own a Tesla Model 3. it has the smallest battery Tesla makes. I would have to recharge every 200 miles and likely spend 30 minutes per charge. Some of those stops likely would be overlapped with food and sleep stops. So maybe 4 of 6 stops would be time I paused anyway. There is also the strategy to charge half way up and charge more often....which means you spend 10 minutes at the charger...but charge 40 60 percent instead of 80 plus percent. Likely you knock 30 percent of your charge time off with that approach
To: Red Badger
Muller said her husband drove the car alone from Detroit to Washington DC,
about 530 miles give or take. The article doesn't mention how long that part of the trip took.
The same approximate trip Stabenow bragged about...in a Chevy Bolt -an EV that gets less miles(259) on a full charge and she did it in late spring.
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posted on
02/15/2023 12:23:56 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?)
To: I want the USA back
I sense a business opportunity!.........................
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posted on
02/15/2023 12:24:11 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
he said he was so "anxious" about the drain cold temperatures would have on the battery that he didn't use the cabin heat, choosing instead to rely on the heated steering wheel and seats. I guess you wouldn't want to travel across country on Route 66 in the summer time. Do their windows roll down?
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posted on
02/15/2023 12:27:10 PM PST
by
McGruff
(Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
To: Red Badger
But the drove with pride!
-PJ
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posted on
02/15/2023 12:27:26 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: Political Junkie Too
😂👌....................................
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posted on
02/15/2023 12:28:45 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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