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[–] -4 points 2 days ago (9 children)

My hesitation with an EV other than the battery catching fire and having to burn itself out, would be driving long distance on vacation and being forced to charge my car instead of a getting a quick fill up and continuing my trip.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

    Some modern electric cars can get 500km on 30 minutes of charging from most available chargers. It might take a change to habits but range anxiety is much less of a concern than it once was.

    As for the fire risk, yeah EV fires are dangerous but incredibly rare especially with second generation EVs. It's just highly publicized when it happens because it's a new technology and people don't trust new things... And probably a little bit of oil industry narrative pushing.

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    Ahh right I used cars when I should have said EVs in general, it's basically just BYD's newer cars. For trucks there's Chevy's Long Range trucks (they do it by charging 2 battery packs in parallel as I understand it), Rivian also gets close at around 400 - 450km.

    That being said most NA domestic options are costly even with incentives and depending on where you're located BYD might be a non-option.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Depends on your thoughts on "long distance", but with a bit of planning, you can plan some fun stops to tack on a couple hundred miles of range. A round of indoor putt putt, shopping, a meal, or whatever. I like to stop every three hours or so anyways. What ticks me off is that the price of "fast" charging feels exploitative. It's literally more expensive than gas despite being less convenient and less ubiquitous. I just spent about $34 for 202 miles of range. My ICE vehicle would have been $23ish for that same mileage. Sorry for the rant. I say all this to say, it's a bit intimidating at first, but long trips are still doable and getting better and better with the addition of more fast charging spots. Hopefully, competition starts bringing the price down.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago

    Long trip charges and waking up with 16% battery a Monday morning ahead of work sucks. I’ve been dealing with it for about 4 years already thanks to my work provided EV6.

    Still, I would not go back to ICE. It’s a temporary trade off really.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    With the range of modern EVs, you're either stopping to rest long enough to charge it, or you're a reckless driver that should have your license taken away. On road trips, you should stopping every 200-300 miles or so. You should take a 20-30 minute break every 4-6 hours to rest. You're piloting thousands of pounds of metal screaming down the highway at superhuman speeds. You need rest. You should be taking breaks on long road trips. Just stop and get a meal while you wait for your car to charge. This isn't that complicated.

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