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Joel
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Citi Bank said :
Isn't it hard to do long road trips since you need find a supercharger and spend 30 mins waiting for a full charge? Vs. pumping gas anywhere quickly?
I've done a few road trips now, some a few hours away, some up to 8 hours away. It's definitely not as quick for sure and especially in the winter range takes a significant hit due to various factors.

But overall I've never really had too much of an issue and times well with washroom breaks etc. I took a trip down to Ithaca, NY from Toronto this past weekend. I stopped twice on the way down to charge but we went off-route a little to find a nice hike.

I had free charging all weekend when there due to Ithaca having a number of public charging options I could use while we went for dinner etc. Monday for the drive home, we hiked at Taughannock Falls which also had free charging, so plugged in and got the car to 100% ready for departure.

Made it just past Niagara Falls on the Canadian side with 6% left so charged there for 20mins or so while we went into the grocery store for the washroom. Car was nearly ready by the time we got back to the car.

For longer charges I just watch Netflix or YouTube via the car's Theatre mode or play a game :)

I drove 1,019km this weekend and spent $41cad in supercharging which is pretty good :)
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21-Apr-2022 15:00:24

Kathy
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Citi Bank said :
Isn't it hard to do long road trips since you need find a supercharger and spend 30 mins waiting for a full charge? Vs. pumping gas anywhere quickly?

As Joel said, it's not as bad as people make it out to be. It's not hard to do long trips in a Tesla at all. This is because most supercharger locations have restrooms, restaurants, and other amenities. So if you think about it, even in a gas car, you'd still make a stop along the way to have breakfast/lunch/dinner and use the restroom... which would take 30 mins to an hour. So yes, it does take 30 mins to supercharge a car, but the other activities off sets that wait time.

The winter time are a little tougher since the car works harder to keep you and the battery warm (causing more battery usage), but if you have a long range model or a performance model, its not too big of an issue. Most people have remote start, which they use to preheat the car before they even get into the vehicle. For Tesla cars, we also have this feature, though it is known as preconditioning. This works to not only preheat the cabin, but the battery as well to gain more regenerative braking.

In essence, it's not an inconvenience, despite what people may say. It's extremely hard to get stuck in a Tesla. The computer is very smart about planning stops and charging if it feels you wont make it on a single charge.
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23-Apr-2022 16:29:44

Joel
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^ haha, not at all. But you're right, most people statistically don't own a Tesla as EVs overall only make up a tiny % of overall vehicles on the road but it's been increasing drastically over the last couple of years.

But EVs overall are still a new thing people are wrapping their heads around and since it's still relatively new the prices are still quite high over time those prices should start to come down to make them more affordable which absolutely needs to happen if we're to switch to electric vehicles on a much larger scale.

I think Tesla has done a damn good job of proving that given the right engineering and infrastructure like the Supercharging network, you can have widespread adoption of EVs and are and can be totally practical for many people.
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25-Apr-2022 15:00:58

Rooh
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Yep, Tesla have certainly done it right and have really raised the profile of EVs, it's probably the first name that comes to mind when you talk about them.

I still haven't been in one yet though I had my first experience of a hybrid this morning (a Prius).
Takes some getting used to... as I've mentioned many times, I do love the sound of an engine.
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25-Apr-2022 15:10:07 - Last edited on 25-Apr-2022 15:13:12 by Rooh

Megycal
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I don't understand why here in the UK ( I have no info about other countries ) if you have an EV you need to sign up to various companies to get their apps so you can use the chargers belonging to that company? Why can't it be like petrol and diesel where the filling stations belong to various companies but you can use
any
of them simply by using cash, debit or credit cards. I realise cash wouldn't be an option for most charging points but surely the technology exists to pay using a card. Why does it have to be so complicated?

25-Apr-2022 20:49:54

Seeker
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It's not just different apps for each charge point service provider, but there are also different charging plugs too. Type 1 (american), Type 2 (europe) for regular charging, CCS and CHAdeMO for "fast charging" and Tesla has their own thing.

Tesla's superchargers are also only available for Tesla cars, so if you had a different make you'd have to find a different charger. Though they started a pilot project in november last year for other makes to use their chargers too.

It would be a lot more convenient if there was one common charging solution for all EVs, like the EU is trying to implement for phone chargers (where we currently have micro usb, usb-c and lightning).

Business is probably going decent enough though as Musk is now coughing up the money to buy Twitter.

25-Apr-2022 21:50:20 - Last edited on 25-Apr-2022 21:51:47 by Seeker

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