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Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You could drive from New York to la in a model three with about twelve 30 minute stops. Given that it's a multi day drive, you can even fold a charge or two into overnight parking. While that is more than a gas car, it's not horrible.

New York to Miami is about six stops. I would have to stop around the same amount of times in my relatively fuel efficient ice (30 mpg), though (some) of the stops would be significantly shorter.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

That's not as bad as I thought. Do you still have to plan your route out to make sure you have a charger available? Do you ever get stuck waiting for someone to finish charging?

I usually end up going 1,000 miles or so in a single day. Maybe stop to get gas 2 or 3 times for a couple minutes each time. Ends up being 13-16 hours, so try to keep the refueling to a minimum so it doesn't carry over into another day.

Not sure how I could charge in my family's rural area or if they would even want me using their electricity even if it could use a regular outlet.

Ideally I think I would prefer some sort of simple battery swap. Also would need another company, I wouldn't buy a Tesla just because of Elon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Tesla cars have a route planner built into it that will send you to the fast chargers along the way.

Some of the other newer non Tesla EVs do the same thing. There's also a free app called a 'better route planner' that does this to for any car.