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Re:What Happened to EVs? by ryanjshaw on Thursday January 04, 2024 @02:00AM (#38863989)
> This is not as impressive as you might think, to be honest.

Not sure what argument you think I'm making, but OP already owns the car, I'm not making a claim about anything being impressive or trying to convince anybody to buy one.

I shared somebody's detailed log book for a potentially similar kind of trip in a similar vehicle in a more challenging charging environment. I've never been to the US parks in question, and I don't know how much driving one does on those trips, so I made some caveats.

> Honestly, the story makes it clear that range is an issue, not that range is doable in an EV.

How is it an issue? They had a great trip and found that the animal viewing was especially enjoyable in an EV, and the experience was significantly different from driving an ICE. If it doesn't work in OPs particular scenario, that's fine, but I don't know why you're making generalised statements about a specific trip.

Re:What Happened to EVs? by katbyte on Thursday January 04, 2024 @02:25AM (#38864149)
100km is a short distance, i driver further then that for a day of snowboarding at the local big mountain (130km each way) - I’ve driven 2x that fora day hike

And road trip? Between 500-1000 a day on travel days.

North America is big.

Re:What Happened to EVs? by ryanjshaw on Thursday January 04, 2024 @02:34AM (#38864207)
It sounds like the types of trips you're referring to are different from the types I'm referring to.
Re:What Happened to EVs? by Scarblac on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:33AM (#38865010)
With how many people in the car?

The world is big no matter where you are, but that just sounds like bragging how wasteful you can be.

Re:What Happened to EVs? by lelanthran on Thursday January 04, 2024 @05:13AM (#38865290)
> With how many people in the car?

Is that really relevant? If someone is prepared to drive 600+km one-way, it sounds like they are going whether or not anyone wants to go with them.

> The world is big no matter where you are, but that just sounds like bragging how wasteful you can be.

Someone prepared to drive long distances for a specific $SOMETHING isn't bragging.

You might argue that they must modify their entertainment preferences to suit your morals, but your morals are irrelevant.

Re:What Happened to EVs? by lelanthran on Thursday January 04, 2024 @02:10AM (#38864056)
> > Honestly, the story makes it clear that range is an issue, not that range is doable in an EV.

> How is it an issue? They had a great trip and found that the animal viewing was especially enjoyable in an EV, and the experience was significantly different from driving an ICE.

That's not relevant to "range is an issue".

> If it doesn't work in OPs particular scenario, that's fine, but I don't know why you're making generalised statements about a specific trip.

Because it is being presented as newsworthy when it really isn't - 100km/day is not what people refer to when they say "range anxiety". A long trip in which 50% of the trip duration is spent waiting for charge is also not newsworthy.

Re:What Happened to EVs? by ryanjshaw on Thursday January 04, 2024 @02:33AM (#38864196)
What part of my comment made it sound like I was presenting something newsworthy?
Re:What Happened to EVs? by lelanthran on Thursday January 04, 2024 @05:19AM (#38865328)
> What part of my comment made it sound like I was presenting something newsworthy?

Can you clarify what the point of your comment was? I'm just a little bit confused about the point of responding to a range-anxiety post with a link to a news article that demonstrates 100km/day range.

It's my understanding that no one is discussing and/or concerned about a range of 100km off a full charge, so my interpretation of your initial post was that it was an attempt to alleviate fears about range, so ... I (naturally) thought that you were presenting the 100km/day range as something new that I (and others) might not have know about.

[PS. Hi from another South African :-)]