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EV Charging Doesn't Need to Be as Fast as Gas, Ionna CEO Says
www.thedrive.com/news/ev-charging-doesnt-need-to-be-as-fast-as-gas-ionna-ceo-says
Longer trips in EVs require one small reframing, at least when compared to how we used to do longer trips before.
In longer trips with an ICE, we would have a meal before the trip, then drive until the destination, and have a meal when arriving.
With an EV, you should plan to have a meal on the road, and charge while you eat.
I’ve had a few experiences with this recently on a 300k trip we do fairly regularly. We do it in an older EV with comparatively poor range, but still we get away with making one stop to eat and charge.
Replying to @VibeSurgeon@piefed.social
Alternatively, take smaller stops more often. It’s so much better to stop every 100km for like 15 minutes to walk around, get a pee break, or whatever, than to endure 4 hours of sitting in one go.
Replying to @Nalivai@lemmy.world
where are there gas stations, let alone EV chargers every 100km?
Replying to @jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works
Anywhere where people live. Which is, incidentally, where people are.
Replying to @Nalivai@lemmy.world
Cars go through places where people don’t live, and that is one of the best usages for cars.
Replying to @jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works
That’s the magical part of population density. If a lot of people travel through the area, this area, almost by magic, develops facilities that cater to traveling people. If not a lot of people travel throuth the area, then, well, it’s not a lot of people so their experience and needs shouldn’t dictate how the rest of the world operates. The rural america from those states that nobody quite remembers the names of, in particular, is not representative even of the US as a thing, let alone the developed world.
Replying to @Nalivai@lemmy.world
That explains the lack of chargers in the Hoh Rain Forest. I thought I was going fucking nuts!