Groover wrote:
Reisender wrote:
mich800 wrote:
pianotuna wrote:
A new range record. 2,781km (1,728mi) in 24 hours in a Tesla Model 3 Long Range AWD
??? link to story. What highway did they manage 70+ mph including charge time.
Germany. Autobahns. Much of the time they were at 170 kmh (105 miles) per hour but the average was just over 110 kph (70 mph). The story kind of emphasizes what most of us driving EV’s know. Charge while you are eating lunch, walking the dog, pee break etc. No time lost to charging.
V3 Superchargers are a game changer though. Quick.
https://electrek.co/2019/07/05/tesla-youtuber-breaks-24-hour-electric-car-distance-record/
He drove at about 105mph and roughly doubled the amount of energy needed.
1740 miles at 105 mph means about 17 hours driving and about 7 hours recharging.
Driving at normal speeds would have extended his range on the initial charge and halved the amount of time for additional juice beyond that, reducing his stopped time down to less than 3 hours. Probably more like 2 1/2.
Driving 1740 miles would be at least two full days for me, allowing at least one, if not two overnight charges. So actual time spent waiting for a charge would be maybe and hour and a half.
Not unreasonable at all. And that was with currently available technology. I realize that these charging stations are not readily well distributed yet but the tech is here now and just needs to be replicated. Charge rates are limited in proportion to battery size and trucks will have bigger batteries so with the right chargers should be able to achieve similar results. And with gas station/restaurant combos becoming common on highways you could do that charging while stopped for food.
So all they did is confirm electric requires much more downtime than gas/diesel over that distance. Am I missing something?
