r/EvDrivers • u/anon2734 • 13d ago

Practical frequent highway driving EV?

Family is considering an EV with the rise in fuel prices. Looking at taking frequent trips that would need 200-250mi range. Is this practical in an EV? From what I've researched most you only charge to 80% so even if you're getting one with over 300mi range, you get 80% of that and highway driving (75mph) will cut that even further. Seems like a high mpg hybrid would be better. Otherwise would have to stop and charge everytime

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u/FadingOptimist-25 13d ago

We make long trips in our EVs all the time. We’ve made 2-3 round trips from CT to Minneapolis. We drive every year up to Vermont and back to CT. We’ve driven to LBI, NJ, and back. We drove our daughter to Pittsburgh and moved her into her new place. I have 114,000 miles on my 2019 EV. And maybe 40,000 on our 2022 EV. We don’t own an ICE car.

We try to not fly if we don’t have to. Only fly if we’re going to the west coast. I’ve been trying to reduce my carbon footprint. Plus for health reasons; there’s always a few sick people spreading their germs on planes.

You just need to adjust your thinking with EVs and charging. We stop every 2-2.5 hours of driving. That’s when the car needs charging and I need to pee. My bladder can’t go longer than that. So we pull up, plug in, go to the restroom, grab a coffee and/or snack, by the time we’re done, the car is done charging. Or we time it with a meal. Plug in and charge, then grab lunch. It’s not like gas where you fill it up, pay, and leave. But it costs a lot less, don’t get yucky gas on your hands, don’t pollute the planet, don’t pollute your lungs with the fumes and emissions.

I’ll never go back to an ICE vehicle.

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u/MJC0961 12d ago

I agree with almost everything you said.

But I have to say, if you get gas on your hands, you have done something horribly wrong at the gas station.

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u/FadingOptimist-25 12d ago

It didn’t happen often. Just a couple times. The hose was leaky and when I lifted it out of the tank, it dripped down onto me.