SSF556
SE Expedition Society
Batteries have been in use since the late 1800s. I would not call that infancy.
Whoops! Out of Juice? ? Call AAA! ?
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SSF556
SE Expedition Society
In 47 years on this earth I had never heard of range anxiety until the last 2 years.....
ThundahBeagle
Well-known member
Chevy Tahoe had a hybrid version about 10 years ago. Fuel economy gains were minimal and price was a bit steeper than the regular Tahoe. I'm a proponent of plug in hybrid. Why not have more choices and versatility in any single car? I bet if Chevy did a hybrid Tahoe with today's technology the fuel economy gains would be more worth it, but they have embraced the full on electric, even going so far as calling the new electric Avalanche a Silverado for some reason, making its functionality very little like an actual Silvy
crazysccrmd
Observer
Because it isn’t areal thing if you plan accordingly, regardless of the energy source that powers the vehicle.
NevadaLover
Forking Icehole
If someone is happy sticking to mostly busy roads you are correct, I prefer backroads and dirt roads going through smaller towns, none of the current crop of EV's meets my requirements and none have been advertised in the works yet either.
Range anxiety with 400 miles is nothing I have ever experienced and every small town in America I have visited has at least one gas station, can't say that about charging stations, yet.
crazysccrmd
Observer
If you want to take the really slow route you can do it just about anywhere in the US. But it’s going to be the really slow route - as in drive 300 miles and camp somewhere charging for 8-14 hours depending on what you drove in on.
NevadaLover
Forking Icehole
Or I can drive 300 miles, camp somewhere not charging for 8-14 hours and still go another 100 or so miles, then refill in 4 minutes and do it all over again, no need to sit for 45 minutes charging much less 8-14 hours.
crazysccrmd
Observer
Sorry, thought the joke in what I wrote would be obvious.
NevadaLover
Forking Icehole
From reading posts from and commenting to people who insist EV's are for everyone I have never seen one with a sense of humor.
Mea culpa.
crazysccrmd
Observer
While I would say I am mostly enjoying my EV truck experiment so far it is definitely a limitation in some areas, remote travel being the biggest.
NevadaLover
Forking Icehole
It should get better in the next decade, but batteries still have drawbacks in life span and cold weather usage, I will wait.
crazysccrmd
Observer
If I didn’t have the advantages of early pre-order pricing, the federal tax break, and a no sales tax state I wouldn’t have bought this Rivian. I figure it is a fairly financially risk free way to see what it’s like with an EV truck because I should be able to offload it easily if desired, probably for a profit even.
tacomabill
Active member
This tool from energy.gov should help some. Map of all charging stations with filter for charging type, e.g. DC Fast, and for connector type. Read in some news source recently that energy.gov plans to add more features including number of working chargers at each location along with estimated wait time. BTW, the website also has filter for type of fuel, gas, diesel,and more.
You're right. EVs aren't right for every use case, yet. Anyone who says they are is ignorant or lying. Overlanding, along with long-distance towing, is a tough use case for EVs.
They're between good and substantially-better-than-gas for a lot of normal use cases, now, but Overlanding is not a remotely normal use case, so it will be a while before they're a great option for Overlanding, especially out West.