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Originally Posted by MMARSH

Left Sunday Morning, got to Seattle Monday afternoon. In a gas car I would've left Sunday Morning and gotten to Seattle Monday morning.

So for your road trip, the EV added 4-6 hours to the trip?

Originally Posted by jyl

I do the 600 mile drive to Tahoe or Bay Area a few times a year. With any EV, that means two full recharging stops, sitting in a hot car for most of an hour, 2X. Would make a 10 hr drive into a 12 hr drive. Also would force me to stay on the Interstate instead of a better route to Tahoe. Just not practical.

Originally Posted by PorscheGAL

There are reasons to not own an EV, road trips are not one of those, IMO.

On average: I can drive 3-4 hours round trip on either car without stopping to charge. Now, that can change based on how heavy footed I am. If on a road trip, the most I have needed to sit and charge is 25 minutes but most of the time it is 15-20 min.

I'm guessing the big difference is what folks are considering a "road trip", or maybe not. For some folks a road trip might be 400-500 miles, for others it might be 1500+ miles. Still, leaving cost aside, since anyone driving a model S is probably not worried about spending some money on gas or charging.

I suspect it's going to depend upon how you do road trips or the type of road trip. My road trips have always been about "A to B". I know that some folks include the journey as a big part of a trip. If the journey is a part of the trip, then a little extra time probably isn't as big a deal because that time can be spent having experiences. If I'm making a trip and want to get to a destination, and a long drive is the cost, then I don't want to add a lot of time. I find that on long drives, I often drive faster towards the end because I'm ready to "be there."

So I suspect "it depends" is the answer, but I think most of the time for many/most people having a lot of extra time being added to the trip would/might be a deal breaker.

On road trips, I don't normally make 15-30 min stops. I try to keep stops as short as possible, which usually means <5 mins.