irwinr
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The extra 75 miles on that particular route is a valid complaint. But I'm not sure about the concern about the stations working: there are at least 5 different DCFC stations in that general area of Oklahoma that would all work to get you there and most of them have multiple stalls each. It's pretty unlikely that all stalls at a given location will be down, and even if they were, there are several other stations very close by.to make the trip I would have to go out of my way through OK in order to charge along the way (and cross my fingers that the chargers are all functional).
This comment is a bit confusing for me... Looking at the route in ABRP:Then there's Big Bend which will be out of reach for the "large" battery pack and on the fringes of the "max" pack (even at 180 kWh).
https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=24b5a2d2-92fc-4faf-a7c9-ae0e9f1155f6
It looks like it's quite easy to get there... unless the concern is doing it round trip? Normally I would assume if you're embarking on a 9 hour drive somewhere you're probably going to at least spend one night in which case you'd hopefully be staying somewhere with L2 charging and have your truck plugged in and charging while you're sleeping.
Even if you assumed you didn't do any overnight charging while visiting the park it's doable round trip, but does require one extra long stop at Fort Stockton: (Assuming the "mid range" 135 kWh pack, the 180 kWh pack would be much easier):
https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=69c99671-eb86-41ab-a511-06bd154650e3
So if you left Dallas at 9am you'd have a few short stops of 15-20 minutes each and then you'd arrive at the Wal-Mart in Fort Stockton at around 4pm and you'd need to sit there for an hour to charge. But luckily that would be right around dinner time and there's a decent looking steakhouse just 5 minutes walk from the charging station. Come back to a full charged truck around 6pm with a full belly and then you're pulling into Big Bend around 7pm.
Doesn't sound so bad to me... And again this is with the mid range pack. The larger pack would decrease the charging time at Fort Stockton down to 40 minutes:
https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=a34d9e19-8139-4a68-beec-fdeeab130d93
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