bmcenaney
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Brad
- Joined
- Jun 10, 2022
- Threads
- 1
- Messages
- 62
- Reaction score
- 69
- Location
- Grapevine, TX
- Vehicles
- 2016 Dodge Durango R/T
Just more Anti-EV/Uniformed ICE owner FUD. Just like how I'm somehow going to run out of power sitting in traffic running basic HVAC and computer compared to the dude that has to keep burning petrol to do the same. I've had two people in the last week make that comment at work within the past week. Unfortunately explaining how stupid that is involves math/kwh/range so I just tell them I'll pick them up when their F150 runs out of fuel.
IMO, range only means something if you are doing a lot of long hauling. I got the 21s as right now I need to entertain a 6 and 8 year old at charging stops so if I can skip at least one charging stop on a long road trip, score. But after owning this thing, I can now see that fast charging isn't going to top you off at every charging stop. You're going to drop it down to 20%, pull it into a L3 fast charger, put 120-140 miles on it in 20 minutes, travel another couple hours and do the same. Once the RAN gets up and running, maybe even more miles in less time. In any case, I'm already doing this anyway when road tripping in our Durango. Just now it's a fuel stop, with a food stop an hour later, with a bathroom stop another hour later, with a stop to walk to the dog another hour later, followed up by another bathroom break 15 minutes after that. In the R1, just need to plan it better.
IMO, range only means something if you are doing a lot of long hauling. I got the 21s as right now I need to entertain a 6 and 8 year old at charging stops so if I can skip at least one charging stop on a long road trip, score. But after owning this thing, I can now see that fast charging isn't going to top you off at every charging stop. You're going to drop it down to 20%, pull it into a L3 fast charger, put 120-140 miles on it in 20 minutes, travel another couple hours and do the same. Once the RAN gets up and running, maybe even more miles in less time. In any case, I'm already doing this anyway when road tripping in our Durango. Just now it's a fuel stop, with a food stop an hour later, with a bathroom stop another hour later, with a stop to walk to the dog another hour later, followed up by another bathroom break 15 minutes after that. In the R1, just need to plan it better.
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