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Re:Are electric cars too expensive to tempt motorists away f... by MilaM on Saturday December 16, 2023 @12:31PM (#38666100)
A doubling of travel time is harsh. But I'm wondering how you managed to charge so inefficiently (time wise). Could it be, that you traveled with the smallest Škoda Enyaq which only supports up to 50kW of charging rate?

I checked your route with abetterrouteplanner.com using two different Enyaq models. One with 50kW charging and one with 100kW+. Here are the travel times:

- Enyaq iV 50 (50kW charging): 33 hours

- Enyaq iV 80 (100kW charging): 26 hours

- Google Maps (w/o charging time): 22,5 hours

I think you just had the wrong car model for this kind of trip.

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Re:Are electric cars too expensive to tempt motorists away f... by TheLoafOfBread on Saturday December 16, 2023 @12:58PM (#38666327)
I have Enyaq iv80. Charging rate means nothing when there are chargers in France which just won't give you juice because reasons. So then you need to slowly crawl to another charger like a clown to have even chance to get there.

Additionally it was during December, so cold weather reduced range even more, therefore your estimation would be correct but for summer time.

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Re:Are electric cars too expensive to tempt motorists away f... by henvic on Saturday December 16, 2023 @01:22PM (#38666501)
My experience riding over 37k km in less than a year all around Europe with my Tesla Model Y hasn't been any like it (many trips, including from The Hague to Malmö, The Hague to Berlin, The Hague to Budapest passing by Vienna, and more trips than I can count to Belgium, twice to Switzerland, and also all the way South to Barcelona).

I think your car model isn't very appropriate for long distance travels, as most EVs. But there are some EVs out there that definitely can do it, especially all Teslas.

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Re:Are electric cars too expensive to tempt motorists away f... by mcfedr on Saturday December 16, 2023 @03:14PM (#38667296)
That is part of the problem though. With petrol, you can hop into anyone old car, and go where you want, as much as you want. With 5 minute stops every few hundred miles
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