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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by PaulDavisThe1st on Sunday July 23, 2023 @02:42PM (#36838311)
> I had an easy 700mi day trip

I'm pretty good at long distance driving (e.g. 14hrs of driving with no stops except gas and bathroom). I could drive 700 miles in a day in an ICE vehicle, but I'd never call it easy. Add in any charging time, and it gets even less so.

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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by foobazgt on Sunday July 23, 2023 @03:08PM (#36838610)
Might be me. I've semi-routinely made day trips of 1300mi, and I've done a few out-west road trips that involved long bouts of driving.

I'm not happy with FSD yet, but Autopilot is excellent and really helps with driver fatigue. The charging stops don't really change anything. You just stop when you would otherwise bathroom break or eat.

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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by JoshTko on Sunday July 23, 2023 @03:18PM (#36838703)
What FSD issues are the most problematic?
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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by PaulDavisThe1st on Sunday July 23, 2023 @04:29PM (#36839499)
It is hard (or maybe it was hard) to average more than 60mph on US interstates, including gas/pee/food stops. 1300 miles @ 60mph is 21hrs. Unless you plan to not drive the next day, that's a LOT of driving, and definitely not easy.
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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by foobazgt on Sunday July 23, 2023 @09:04PM (#36841787)
Yep, 1300mi isn't easy. (I said 700mi was). You're correct, for me, it's mostly been non-stop interstate travel on a lot of midwest/western interstates.
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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by TheRealSteel on Thursday July 27, 2023 @06:11AM (#36891375)
Tesla has Autopilot. My 1200km day was the car driving itself 90% of the way. Of course I was paying attention and ready to take over, but the effort is reduced. Still, I agree... not easy. It still sucked.
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