When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?
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It does unless someone is coming from behind. If you want to switch lanes, you can just put on turn signal and it will switch lanes.
I hate to admit this because people will be " this is why I won't buy an EV". I left my mother's house in northern Iowa and it said that I could drive to Albert Lee to be safe and charge, which was 20 miles out of our way. Instead, I took the risk and drove to Dows, which said we'd arrive with 8% and that's the route we took and we arrived with 7%, after driving 79mph. I'm not a risk taker, so I was sweating this for a few minutes. The lovely thing is that when the battery is that low, the charge is lightning fast.
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I’ve already thought through that problem. I have a flashlight with a crank on it to charge electronics in an emergency. I’m just going to put that in the car. I figure if I run out of juice, I’ll just crank for a bit until I can get to a charging station.
Oh, I never thought of that one. I was thinking about adding a solar panel that charges by phone to see how that would work./
Sadly no. But I do have four kids and the thought of them cranking away to charge our car is oddly satisfying.
You could have a crank like the old cars had to start the engine. For every 1000 cranks you could get about 50 feet so you act like a drill sergeant for the kids to just keep cranking.
So if you are in FSD does it pull right up to the charger for you? How about in a parking lot?
With the amount of time and money I spend taking them places, it actually kind of seems like a fair trade.
I’ve not tried it with a super charger but it will self park. You can select a spot in a parking lot or have it parallel. I also think you can have it leave the parking spot and come pick you up (like valet).
It's a two step process at this point. It turned off FSD about 100 feet from the entrance, then as you're driving by the chargers you can pick a spot and it will back you right to the charger. It probably takes it 10 seconds and me 5 seconds, so I just do it myself.
I think people often do similar with gas and think nothing of it. Lots of rural areas where you have 30-50 miles between gas stations or need slight detour to reduce that.
EVs are a lot better fit for some than for others. If I did a lot of highway driving and weekend road trips we would not have gotten one. When we drive up to the lake or down to Ames we’ll take our gas SUV. But the Tesla is a perfect day to day car in the city.
People get bent out of shape about this which I don’t understand. It’s no different than me telling someone that benefits from a pick up truck that I would never buy one. I just have no use for it. Or a similarly a minivan. Great if you have 3 kids but pointless if you have none/one.
No one should feel like they’re offending an EV driver for saying “it wouldn’t work for me because of my driving habits and the availability of charging stations”. Similarly, no EV driver should be defensive if they hear someone say that.
People get bent out of shape about this which I don’t understand. It’s no different than me telling someone that benefits from a pick up truck that I would never buy one. I just have no use for it. Or a similarly a minivan. Great if you have 3 kids but pointless if you have none/one.
No one should feel like they’re offending an EV driver for saying “it wouldn’t work for me because of my driving habits and the availability of charging stations”. Similarly, no EV driver should be defensive if they hear someone say that.
