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 @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye When I do road trips I do straight through trips. (half of my annual mileage is my summer beach trip, and I usually do it in a single drive with a 10 minute gas break. 530 miles in about 6 hours. Can't do that in an electric. 18 comments
@mmlvx @ShredderFeeder @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye https://aptera.us still claims "Travel up to @PuddleOfKittens @mmlvx @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye It's an interesting idea. Supplemental power is not a bad thing because batteries alone aren't going to be good enough. @ShredderFeeder @mmlvx @PuddleOfKittens @mhoye @jannem @CosmicTraveler We’ve had an EV with charging in our garage (power had to be run from back of house, cost only $1100 total) since 2018 and have taken various road trips with zero problems. Never visiting a gas station (charging stations are quiet, don’t smell, and are a welcome 20 min break from driving for us and our kid), the quiet drive, and lack of maintenance are well worth it @ShredderFeeder @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye You would need maybe two charge stops. So it would take 40 minutes total, 30 additional minutes. Definitely sounds like a dealbreaker to me. @arigesher @ShredderFeeder @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye and oh boy. Two 20-minute breaks on a 10 hour ride (iso 1x10 minutes) would make it more relaxed and save. The horror! @KFvMalssen @arigesher @ShredderFeeder @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye Yeah, I have to do more breaks on a job, where I'm not even able to kill anyone. @arigesher @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye The last 100 or so miles is charger-station-free backwater South Carolina. So it would have to be one good charge at the halfway point more likely...and you'd coast into that one on your last electrons.. @ShredderFeeder @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye ok don’t buy one. Or rent your vacation vehicle. Your singular use case represents a tiny fraction of what people do daily with their cars.  @ShredderFeeder @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye I do this every month, and regularly need to round trip Seattle to Portland without time to charge. Between that and not having access to a charger at my house or any other location, and it's a completely unavailable solution for me. That said, I recognize I'm in the vast minority here. Essentially everyone in America should be able to do EVs already even without better infrastructure. @ShredderFeeder @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye you literallu can do it nowadays. I did it 400 miles just this weekend with a single food break and charge left at the end.  @ShredderFeeder @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye you could have an electric for the 49 weeks where you do short trip and rent a really nice car with the saved money to go to the beach for the remaining 2 weeks @ShredderFeeder @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye you can't do that in a normal car either. 530 miles in 6 hours is an average of 88 mph, not accounting for acceleration or deceleration or your gas stop. If half of your annual mileage is 1,060, you don't need to own a car.  @ShredderFeeder @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye So you are telling is you go for 6 hours with out eating or going to the toilet or having a decent enough break not to be driving fatigued and hence higher risk of having a accident. @SuperMoosie @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye I did DC to Orlando in 12 hours once. You eat in the car and stop for bio breaks while gassing. Never more than 10 minutes. I love driving. It's my happy place. I don't do it for work anymore so when I do I enjoy it @ShredderFeeder @SuperMoosie @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye is your enjoyment worth burning the planet @SuperMoosie @jannem @CosmicTraveler @mhoye last accident I was in was in the late 80s. @mhoye @CosmicTraveler @jannem while many people do trips like that doctors and highway safety engineers tell you not to. Take longes breaks for health and safety. |
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Aptera, if/when it comes to market. (They claim 400 miles on a single charge. [Edited; idk where I got "900 miles", they actually claim 400.] Very aerodynamic, and three wheels (taildragger) to reduce rolling resistance. Only seats two, but has a large, tapered trunk. Currently on the 4th or 5th developmental version.)