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Originally Posted by masraum
So for your road trip, the EV added 4-6 hours to the trip?
Oh a few years ago, the family was in a hurry to go see a dying family member. Would have been expensive for 4 of us to fly, get a car ect. So we drove. Time was important. We took my daughters ICE vehicle. Didn't wanna fiddle fart with 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.
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 min.
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Exactly. Added about 6 hours. But we definitely didnt continue the trip when we could have. We stayed longer at some places just looking around.
Years ago when I was in the Army stationed at Fort Ord which was in Monterey California. I would occasionally drive home to Portland on a long weekend. I was a poor young soldier who couldn't afford a plane ticket, but had a craving for my mom's home cooking. These trips were gas and go, there and back. It was all about the destination. An EV wouldn't have worked for me.
Now 30 some years later, I'm just never in that much of a hurry, although the speed that I like to drive, might imply otherwise. If I need to be somewhere quick, I'll fly. Otherwise it just doesn't bother me to stop 25 minutes to charge every few hours.
Oh a few years ago we needed to go see a dying family member. It was expensive for 4 of us to fly, rent a car ect. So we took my daughters ICE vehicle. Didn't have time to fiddle fart with charging.