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Originally Posted by aerohead
1) Those who own homes will charge at home, 50-weeks out of the year, and in daily commuting they'll always have range 'over-capacity.'
2) The only time range is an issue is, on out-of-town, holiday road trips, for two weeks.
3) With 'a better route planner', they can charge while taking a bathroom / coffee/ snack/ meal - break / or shopping etc..
4) Between Denton, Texas and California's West Coast, I saw mostly Tesla BEVs, and they were all doing 75-mph on I -40.I don't think range was an issue for them.
5) AeroStealth and his wife drove the Chevy Bolt that I've purchased, from Radium Springs, NM, to San Diego, California and back, no problem.
6) It's true that you can't drive 'mindlessly', like with gas or diesel, but it doesn't seem to be a hardship. Just time charge sessions to coincide when you'd already be taking a break from driving.
7) The BOLT will do 300-miles on charge if one is 'trying'.
8) My round trip today will be 14-miles.
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Electricity prices are slightly going up. It’s not free for most people. Plus when road tripping, public or superchargers are fairly expensive. In some places they cost more per mile than gasoline depending on what state you’re traveling thru.
Obviously I’m an exception and do countless long road trips. If I had a Tesla, my day trips from Portland to Salt Lake City would add 2-3 hours just for having to stop and charge almost 3 times along the way