You Need Way Less Range Than You Think

[Dorbiman]

Isn’t the security of you and your family worth the extra $$ to make sure you get home safely?

This seems a bit of a stretch to me. I've never had a problem with a detour making me run out of gas in my truck or car, and I'm one of the people that doesn't fill up until I'm down to a 1/4 tank. If I'm going somewhere I'm unfamiliar with, it's quick and easy enough to pop it into Waze or Google Maps to check the route. This seems like a non-issue to me, but I also know that there are tons of chargers around, so worse case scenario is me and my family sit in a Target parking lot for 20 mins while I recharge.

 

[GaRailroader]

On an EV road trip the rule is stop at 20% battery SOC and recharge to 80% SOC because it's (a) best for long term battery health, (b) it's the fastest range recovery of the battery charging curve. That takes detailed planning vs. ICEV which really takes little planning other than watching the fuel gauge (or wait for the low fuel warning) and looking for a gas station.

Have you done a road trip in an EV? What you describe certainly is contrary to my experience road tripping in an EV for the last 7 years.

 

[E90400K]

Have you done a road trip in an EV? What you describe certainly is contrary to my experience road tripping in an EV for the last 7 years.

Nope.

 

[null98115]

I anticipate 3000 miles a year, 100% under 100 miles. Yea, I'll be fine.

 

[KevinRS]

That 20% rule, is not something you even want to make a 100% of the time thing. You need to occasionally go down lower, and charge to 100%, to calibrate the range. Don't worry about never getting below that 20% even in an emergency. You can consider it your reserve for those emergencies, that's fine. EV chargers are also being installed at an accelerating rate.