Comment by mdavid626
8 hours ago
Which EV can go 600 miles with one charge, or with so little charging?
How much does that car cost?
Are you assuming, that every charger on the way is 200kW?
8 hours ago
Which EV can go 600 miles with one charge, or with so little charging?
How much does that car cost?
Are you assuming, that every charger on the way is 200kW?
Lucid Grand Touring can do it in one charge (that lasts ~45 minutes). Expensive, but it could do it.
I did Shreveport, LA to Pesos, TX as an example.
If you're OK with 2 charging stops, an Ioniq 6 or a Tesla Model 3 will work just fine.
Also, charging speed is irrelevant to how many stops you need. Most chargers are >150kW these days, though.
If you truly want to minimize charging stops, you'd be better served charging 3+ times for shorter periods of time, though.
> Most chargers are >150kW these days, though.
Nite that many cars can't charge that fast. And if they can, it's usually only for the very lowest SoC of the battery, say below 20% charge.
When buying, look at 20-80% charging times. Don't get dazzled by peak charge rate.
Pecos?
I picked Shreveport, LA as a starting location and went west towards El Paso until I found a city that was slightly over 600 miles of distance. The cities are mostly irrelevant unless you pick something that is exceptionally hilly such as routes through mountain ranges or something.
You can get Model 3 LR that will do it for $20k used.
Like everyone else, you are thinking in "gas car" trying to resolve an electric car problem.
You start every trip in an EV with full range (unplug from home base charger). You drive 300 miles. You full recharge. You drive another 300 miles. You plug-in and go to sleep.
600 miles. One charge. $20k EV.
A used Model 3 LR cannot do 300 miles of highway driving in almost any condition. Even a brand new one cannot do that. The only way you get 300mi of driving out of a Model 3 is if you drive at 35mph or something, which would be wildly impractical for any road trip situation.
You'd do a good bit better at 35. A realistic range at 65-70mph would be about 250-260.