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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]lol people are talking about derechos and the coming apocalypse and whether ice or electric is better. The reality is much more basic - if I drive to Virginia Beach on most electrics I have to stress the whole time about deviating from my path to find a charging station, pray there isn't a big line, and best case scenario sit there for 30-45 minutes. I also have to do this on the way back. A 3.5 hour trip becomes a 4.5 hour trip plus a bunch of additional worry. No thanks. Someday electric technology will be "ready" and that day is when cars can charge in 10 minutes or less and go 300-400 miles AND not be crappily made and boring (looking at you Tesla). That day is not here yet, but when it comes I will gladly buy one[/quote]

There are no less than 10 supercharger stations on the way from DC to VA Beach.  Why do you have to stress when driving one of your hypothetical 'most electrics'?[/quote]

+1 that post cracked me up. It's not like that at all.[/quote]

The additional worry is the WAITING for the car to charge up. I hear all these ridiculous Tesla owners being like "Well we just plan to stop and eat lunch while our car charges." That's great for you but some of us don't like pissing away an additional hour on a 3 hour trip with roadside junk food.[/quote]

How many three-hour road trips do you take in a year? Don't you think the total time you'll save never having to take the car to a gas station, ever, because you can charge it at home while you're sleeping will more than make up for adding some time to your road trips? (Also, for what it's worth, almost no EVs made in the last several years would need to charge for an hour during a three-hour road trip. More like 25 or 30 minutes, max.)[/quote]

Adding after our Thanksgiving road trip that every highway rest area gas station we passed looked like it had lines of at least 20 minutes to fill up, while we had no wait at the DC fast charging station where we stopped for 25 minutes for a free charge (and also got coffee, food, etc.) on the way home.[/quote]

Did you travel north or south?[/quote]

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