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Reisender wrote:

noteven wrote:

Reisender wrote:

noteven wrote:
AAA did a study that showed 95% of electric vehicles in use today have sufficient range, according to their owners. The study also found some other interesting stuff.

The range anxiety paradox is from people who have no experience with a battery electric vehicle, or have used one for the wrong purpose. The paradox comes from the industry trying to respond with bigger batteries ($$) to satisfy a need from people who haven't used the technology to satisfy a range need that doesn't exist 95% of the time...

I wonder, for example, when I see a pickup trucker towing an overloaded dump or flatbed - with a squatted out $90K Sooper Duty - and I'm driving my Kenworth - why don't they use the pickup properly or get a truck built for that kind of use? I doan know... - but for 95% of pickup owners I bet the truck does the job they bought it for properly - mine do...

If I suggested golf cars should be diesels because they would have 4 days of 36 holes range without refuelling, that would make sense, right?

Part of it is we get stuck in our ways. Is an electric vehicle that has a range of 500 km sufficient for road trips? Sure it is. But you may have to change how you do things a bit. We occasionally (rarely) have to do a 800 to 900 km road trip. Long day but doesn't take any longer than with a gas vehicle. The only difference is food and rest/pee breaks are done concurrently at charging facilities. Eg, before going into the restaurant (or in our case the lunch we bring in our 12 volt cooler) we take the extra 8 seconds to plug in to the charging facilites. Wether its a 10 minute pee break or a 20 minute lunch or supper break you use the time to recharge. Can't really do this at a gas station because you are supposed to not just leave the car at a pump. Not so with an EV as you just plug in and walk away.

Its not a big adjustment and the benefits of going electric are huge.

Yes - one episode of the podcast I referenced discusses another general study of personal cars used for work commuting, trips,etc. I don't remember exact numbers but out of something like 300 days used in 365, it was 6 or 9 times were trips that would challenge existing BEV range capability...

Anyways if I had a BEV, I could have a nap while supercharging on a trip, no problem.

Non Tesla BEV’s are ok for naps while fast charging as they charge slower and the chargers are slower. It’s tougher in a Tesla though unless you have run the battery flat and your looking to get every las amp in the battery. (Charging slows down a lot over 90 percent). To date our longest Suoercharger stop has been about 20 minutes ish. Short nap.

20 minutes! Whaaat?! That would be totally intolerable on a 1000km trip!

Just kidding of course... why, that would give folks time to pick up their fur babies turds for once....

I have mastered the 10-15minute power nap when travelling by 4+ wheels (needs must) or motorcycle (woo hoo). They are a thing of beauty. One must practice the quieting of the mind, Grasshopper