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Taking a trip with an electric car (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 years ago by MrPhibb@reddthat.com to c/evs@lemmy.world

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Hopefully this is allowed here, after all there are plenty of online stories about the horrors of taking trips in an electric car.

My husband, @lirleni@wandering.shop went to a convention in Olive Branch, MS in his Leaf from our house in Hazelwood, MO, a distance of 321 miles, not huge as far as trips go obviously.

So, how'd it go? Mostly good, though he ended it stupidly, and I have no idea what he's going to do, though I've given him some suggestions, and that is he didn't worry about getting to the hotel on a good charge, he figured he'd run down the road and charge the car after check in at the hotel. Unfortunately the charger he chose, prolly the nearest fast charger, is down, and there are no other chargers in that area so he returned to the hotel with 5%/10 miles of range. Yeah, he should've topped off along the way to insure he still had a decent amount of range at the end.

Outside of that, there's not much to report, he stopped in Perryville for his first charge, 91 miles out, then in Hayti another 111 miles away with no problems. Another plus of sorts was road construction which kept him under highway speeds for a large chunk of the trip as did an accident, plus weather mild enough that he didn't need to use the AC, had he needed it, there would've definitely needed to be more stops, and I'm not sure the trip would've been doable, at least not same day as fast chargers are sparse in southern MO and Memphis area.

Considering that he's driving a Leaf, the trip went well, so anyone that tells you that electric cars can't take trips, point them to this.

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[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The length of his trip should be roughly the reasonable minimum range for a new EV in 2023. Plus add in a charge port that isn't chademo, and this trip would probably be a lot easier on more modern tech.

[–] MrPhibb@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I think range should start at 250 miles, while that wouldn't've gotten him there, it certainly would've taken some of the pressure off, as he has the big battery, and that has 220 on a good day. I'm actually looking at getting a Bolt for work, a little smaller than I want, but the price is right, the room is enough, range is enough. I'd buy a van, but that market is being ignored for some reason.

[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

VW is probably gonna have the first EV van with the retro styled one that looks like their old era 60s van.

I like the bolt a lot, but I don't think I'm ready for an EV. The hybrid Bolt makes a lot more sense to me.

[–] MrPhibb@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

Yep, but the rumors are that the idBuzz will start at $60K, and there won't be a cargo version. That last one I think is a bad idea, in Europe there's a cargo version, but they won't be bringing it over here, which is a shame because at the right price point, it'd prolly be a great alternative to the Transit Connect

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