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1,140-HP EV Is Driving 9,300 Miles To Prove Range Anxiety Is Fading (www.autoblog.com)
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The route stretches from Italy to Hong Kong, covering approximately 9,300 miles with a target completion time of 43 days. Leading the journey is the Denza Z9 GT, a shooting-brake-style EV from BYD’s premium brand. What makes the campaign particularly interesting is that the Z9 GT pairs a substantial driving range with the ability to charge from 10% to 97% in just nine minutes.

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[–] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I don't know where you live/drive, but in my experience

  • there's rarely only one charger around/within reach
  • you can have NFC cards in addition to apps
  • you may be able to wait until one of the occupied chargers gets free
  • broken chargers typically aren't shown as available in apps
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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I'm in Spain and while everything you said is true it doesn't solve any of the issues I've listed, it just makes them less likely because:

    • there are plenty of places were there is no another fast charger nearby. You can't plan on reaching a charger with less than 50km if range because if it doesn't work you may be fucked. that adds to range anxiety
    • there are some networks that support NFC cards but majority doesn't. Using NFC card is usually more expensive as it goes through a different operator
    • yes, you can wait but it fuck up your schedule and sitting in a car for 30 minutes is not fun
    • yes, if the charger is completely offline it will not show. More often they are malfunctioning but still showing as active
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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    I didn't mean to downplay the issues listed by you. Those are real challenges.
    I rather wanted to put them into perspective.

    You're right that operating an EV is in some ways similar to the early days of combustion engines, where getting a refill often meant looking for a pharmacy to buy ethanol.

    The infrastructure needs to be improved and this will happen, because there's money to be made.
    Alas that's the reason for not having a vast oversupply of charging stations, because they have a better ROI when being heavier utilized.
    With more EVs on the road there will be more chargers and that will make it easier to find one nearby that's free and operational.
    Time is on our side - at least in that case; I hope so.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Fully agree. I was just commenting on the premise of the article. A single car driving 9k miles doesn't ease my range anxiety. Some statistic showing that public chargers reached 99% of availability and have low repair times would.

    Charger availability data in EU is public. I was thinking about gathering it and creating some stats but I have too many projects opened already. Maybe in a couple of months...

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