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Old 08-11-2023, 08:06 AM
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Man forced to ditch $115K Ford EV truck during family road trip to Chicago: ‘biggest scam of modern times’

Has anyone had any experience (good or bad) with an EV in a long road trip?

I have always been concerned about recharging. The fast chargers take 15-60 minutes so, if there were two cars ahead of you, it could take 3 hours to charge!
When taking long trips, the key is NOT to fully charge the vehicle. I was forced to drive a Tesla 1100 miles down the east coast. A simple Google search of battery cycle recommendations revealed that you should drive the vehicle's batteries down to 5-10%. Only charge them up to 55-60%, which takes about 12 minutes. Yes, only 12 minutes. This will give you another 180 miles. Charging the batteries to 100% would take 70 minutes and would only give you another 90 miles. This is Tesla long range specific.