GRtak
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He was responding directly to the comment CrzRsn made about his friend refusing to charge at home.
You same person now?He was responding directly to the comment CrzRsn made about his friend refusing to charge at home.
I can clarify someone's point when I *think* I know what they are driving at, in his case he responded to an entire post by CrzRsn, it is literally not possible to know which part he is agreeing with. Since there was more than one point raised in the post.Hypocrite much? If you can respond for soebody else, so can I.
No you are taking a shot in the dark and nothing more. Also you are being declarative instead of deductive, instead of saying "I *think* he is saying X' you are saying "He is saying X" I tend to use the former unless I 100% know what the person is trying to say (through an off forum discussion usually)If you read the words, you can infer what part he is referring to. So I am doing exactly what you claim is okay for you to do.
I wonder how much of that is part of the PG&E forest fire power shutdown knocking out power to peoples' homes and therefore chargers and how much of that is just people who don't want to pay the power bill and waiting for their free turn at the supercharger. If its the former, than its no different than natural disasters causing fuel shortages at conventional gas stations.
Not saying most people are cheap bastards, but I do know they're out there. A friend of mine has a Model X, and he WILL NOT charge it at home. He will only charge it where he can get free power. Even when going out with friends, he will drive 20 minutes out of everyone's way to a place where he can plug in for free, then have someone else in the group drive him to the actual destination everyone is going to.... which really defeats the point if you're forcing someone to drive their ICE car a bunch more because you need to be driven to/from your electric car.
i agree with that.
i don't know a single person with an EV car that doesn't just charge at home
people who solely rely on SC are stupid
But it's also a mostly moot point. Long drives emptying the batteries without the opportunity to make a decent break during which you can charge your car are a rare edge case.
I am aware. But more than 400 km in one go? Regularly? Pressed for time?
Long haul truckers don't count.
We regularly visit my in-laws and they're 200+ miles away.
I think you are the one who needs a diagram or maybe new glasses... Here is the post in question@Prizak there are the posts. I am pretty certain of what he was commenting on.
Do you need a diagram to point out what is going on in them?
Now, either get over whatever is pissing you off, or live up to your own standards.
I don’t need to be pressed for time to not want to waste that time not driving. I used to go to uni 6 hours (roughly 450ish miles) away. That would be a 7 hour drive in a Tesla, that’s a 17% increase in travel time.I am aware. But more than 400 km in one go? Regularly? Pressed for time?
Long haul truckers don't count.
And sure, when you're on vacation, you're generally not "pressed for time", but usually when you only have 2ish weeks of vacation per year, and only take one trip per year as many Americans do, you generally want to spend as much time as possible at your destination and as little time as possible driving. Adding 1.5 hours (assuming there are enough supercharges to have 0 wait) over a 760 mile drive is fairly significant and could be the tipping point between a one day drive and a two day drive, which translates that much less time actually on vacation.
so just rent an ice car for those 2ish weeks a year
I think @narf ran the numbers on this a couple of years ago and it actually isn’t as bad as you think. IIRC the main reason is that when you aren’t moving there is no “idling” in an EV so all it does is run A/Ca lot of this driving was done in parking lot/bumper to bumper traffic with the air conditioning on full blast (which drains battery at an increased rate)
I think @narf ran the numbers on this a couple of years ago and it actually isn’t as bad as you think. IIRC the main reason is that when you aren’t moving there is no “idling” in an EV so all it does is run A/C