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My EV sits in the driveway and soaks up excess production from my PV setup.
My main problem is it's never really empty enough.
If I'm on the road, a high voltage DC charger gets me from 10% to 50% in about 10 minutes. Barely enough time for a coffee and a leak, then it's another 2 hours of driving. Rinse, repeat.
Sure, you can't barrel down the Autobahn for 10 hours straight without stopping but who wants that?
I do. We have family that we visit a few times each year. If I leave at 2am and drive straight through, we get there in 7-8 hours. If I make the drive during the day, it takes 10-13 hours.
Sounds like you need a train. Not a car.
Sure. But first you need to build one that takes me there.
For various reasons a car is often better for that kinda trip
Yeah EVs are a great solution for homeowners.
As an Uber driver, I want that. I want to be able to gas my car back up and go back on he road and keep earning money.
Congrats your are not the market target for EVs then, guess what that doesn't mean that the majority of the population isn't though.
I make a 9-10 hour drive to see my family multiple times a year. I normally stop twice to get gas and use the bathroom, and that's it. Sounds like you'd be adding most of an hour to my travel time each way. I've tried stopping longer and grabbing food, it's not worth it for me.
With that said, I drive 25-40 miles a day the other 360+ days of the year, so it'd really make much more sense for me to have a short range EV and rent something for travel when I have too much luggage to fly.
you really ought to be stopping a few more times, i don't understand how so many people are just completely fine with driving for 3 hours nonstop
Maybe don't do that? Catch a train it's significantly cheaper anyway.
No passenger rail. It's car or a once a week bus that doesn't even stop in the town my family lives in.
That's an infrastructure problem you can help solve and regardless going on long trips for most people is 100% optional.
That would become a 15+ hour trip then...
Edit: On further investigation, it's also not significantly cheaper than flying, and is much more expensive than fuel for driving.
But much better for the environment, sometimes others matter more and when more people use rail it's more likely our country will catch up and build hyper train networks.
You should just live near the place you're driving to.
Oh my God, why didn't I think of that! Simply have more money, thank you internet stranger. My problems are solved!
Real shit though, I can solve your problems. Just tell me what they are, I'll give you my best answer.
I'm glad you think I can afford to triple my rent, but that's not happening.
Edit: If you mean the road trip scenario, my family works in various different industries, and the opportunities are better in different cities. That's also not happening.