You can't drive long road trips in an EV...

SmallTown

SmallTown

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... yet I managed to do a 2000 mile round trip this week.

Hmmm. Seems it IS possible. Who knew? With a car that has a shorter range and a slower charging speed than my last EV
 
gravy173 said:
Did anyone say it wasn’t possible to drive 2000 miles in an EV?

Most people don’t want to have to stop every 200 miles for an hour and a half to charge up and pay more per mile than a diesel to do it though.
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Yes they did. And you would never ever stop for an hour or more. That's the main lie. As is the "more then a diesel" one. So 2 big antiev lies there. Well done you.

@The Ruthsayer : sure thing. I'm a bit tired after having just arrived home from it but I'll share the details. Including the issues, which did exist. And the planning mistakes I made. I could have done it about and hour quicker than I did but I wanted a relaxed drive
 
I love my EV. Had it for 3 years now but it’s “just” can’t make it to the lakes and back so I need to charge at some point . Never been an issue BUT last weekend we went in the Mrs Clio and I was a bit gutted and jealous that we went all the way there and back and hadn’t even used half a tank according to the gauge . I was willing the needle to drop on the way there but no …..

Still love my car but cannot deny that the charging is just a faff on to consider versus rocking up to a petrol station now and again.
 
I am also in the middle of a 2000 mile round trip but in a diesel, will be interesting to hear if your experience is any different to ours.I did mention to the Mrs though as we were driving through the pyrenees how few electric cars I had noticed on the roads compared to the UK.
 
I've done 12000 miles in my X3 and in that time the total stoppage time for refuelling was about 1 hour

Versus probbaly a day for EV drivers
 
SmallTown said:
... yet I managed to do a 2000 mile round trip this week.

Hmmm. Seems it IS possible. Who knew? With a car that has a shorter range and a slower charging speed than my last EV
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How many charges, I bet you were bored sitting around waiting for your lump of plastic to charge up.

Actually I don't care, you're boring me with your constant promos of leccy cars.
 
People are ignoring the elephant in the room , or the coffee in the service station. I've never seen a youtube review of a trip where the driver doesn't feel the need to take a coffee while the car is charging. Obv leccy in service station is extortionate but not as much as a latte that only comes in x large size for about a fiver. All these EV drivers getting away with it by not adding on all these extra costs to the charging total. £25 quid for leccy and 40 mins but actual cost £30 for stop
 
Tryasize10 said:
How many charges, I bet you were bored sitting around waiting for your lump of plastic to charge up.

Actually I don't care, you're boring me with your constant promos of leccy cars.
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Not bored at all no. I think you think charging as way more frequent and way slwoer than it is in real life. That's OK. That's what the media is trying to believe. Hence me addressing this with reality
 
Boro_Interlinked said:
People are ignoring the elephant in the room , or the coffee in the service station. I've never seen a youtube review of a trip where the driver doesn't feel the need to take a coffee while the car is charging. Obv leccy in service station is extortionate but not as much as a latte that only comes in x large size for about a fiver. All these EV drivers getting away with it by not adding on all these extra costs to the charging total. £25 quid for leccy and 40 mins but actual cost £30 for stop
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That makes no sense at all. Because I stopped twice for a bathroom break only. Every other time it was when I had to stop
 
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