I did not find this to be the case in a Tesla. You can get enough charge to
continue the trip in 30 minutes.... after that the charging rate starts to
drop. I didn't find that it took me a noticeable amount of time longer than a
gasoline car.
Of course, I am not one of those people that stop for bathroom breaks and then
right back on the road. I like to stretch my legs get something to drink or
eat. We never had to wait on the car to charge, by the time we were through it
was done enough to continue.... sometimes as little as 15 minutes and other
times 30 minutes... if we eat lunch we might be 45 minutes. i few times I had
to move the car to avoid idle
fees because we weren't through.
On Wednesday, May 22, 2019, 9:49:19 AM CDT, Peri Hartman via EV
<[email protected]> wrote:
You may be right, though you aren't taking into account the other
factors, most importantly the long term maintenance.
However, I think the bigger factor is the amount of time you need to
spend charging on a long road trip. If you only drive 200 or so miles a
day, no problem. You can charge at night. But if you are like most
people and drive 500+, you'll need at least two charging stops, which
will add a few hours to your travel. You might be able to combine that
with meal stops or point of interest stops, but I don't think the
infrastructure is that opportune yet.
In the future, when we have faster charging and competition on kWh
pricing, I hope we'll be on the other side of the inflection point.
Peri
------ Original Message ------
From: "Mark Hanson via EV" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: "Mark Hanson" <[email protected]>
Sent: 22-May-19 7:06:20 AM
Subject: [EVDL] Road Trips: plugin vs EV cost per mile
>Hi folks
>It seems that it's cheaper for taking long road trips to buy a Prius Prime vs
>a pricier Tesla or Bolt with a 60kwh battery pack and pay an average of 28c
>per kWh average on the road at level 3 fast charging stations. We have
>shorter range cheaper EVs (Spark bought 1 year old for $14k and Leaf $9.2k).
>At $3 a gallon/50 = 6c per mile and at 28c per kWh / 4 (ac meas)= 7c per mile
>in a long range EV (also have to pay $40k for the car with the 60kwh or so
>battery pack). Maybe it's better for the environment to drive a long range EV
>but for your wallet the Prius Prime and a shorter range EV for 90% miles local
>trips makes more sense.
>Have a renewable energy day,
>Mark
>Www.Reevadiy.org
>
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