>the contorted thought processes people go through to justify one hour stops for full recharges

But everybody knows you need to stop a full hour to pee for every two hours of driving else you might die. Think about all the delicious restaurant meals and fun you haven't had because you never needed to wait for your ICE car to recharge in the middle of nowhere.

Most people I know stop 15 minutes every two hours and maybe stop for a meal every 4 hours. An hour every two hours is too much. It extends the travel time by 50%.

My old rule for long drives was to drive for 3 CDs (i.e. albums), fuel up for 10 minutes, and repeat until done. On a highway, that's 200+ miles per 10-minute stop. EVs are already great for commuting and errands, but they have a long way to go before being even close to competitive for long-distance driving.

And yet lots of Tesla owners drive long distances.

Do they? How long does it take them? At 3 hours per 200 miles, 12 hours is 800 miles. Maybe you don't live in the western US, but it's a big place. If every gas station had a super-charger, range anxiety would be almost a non-issue, and travel time would be a noticeable but not intolerable problem, but we're a long ways from that.

EDIT, because HN sucks...

70 MPH * 3 hours = 210 miles. You might want to talk to some normal humans who don't frequent superchargers.

I happen to live in the western US. I run into tons of other Tesla owners at superchargers, not surprisingly.

The usual drill is to drive around 120 miles and then stop for 10-15 minutes to supercharge. So yes, that is a bit more stopping that I used to do.

Tesla has a trip planner at tesla.com/supercharger

For Palo Alto to SpaceX's factory, it recommends stopping for 50 minutes in Kettleman, which means you're charging for 13% of the trip time.

{Sorry about the comment about 3 hours to go 200 miles, I misread what you said as taking what Shivyeta said about stopping for an hour to charge at face value. Oh, and why do you think that insulting me is an appropriate response?}

> Oh, and why do you think that insulting me is an appropriate response?

Yeah, that was probably snarkier than necessary. But we increasingly live in our own little bubbles, and "folks hanging around the supercharger" is definitely a small one.

My purpose for mentioning that was to say that I'm not the only Tesla owner who takes long trips. It was directly relevant to my point.

Wow. I know I'm late but... WOOSH?