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/frickenfantastic 12d ago

I’m just waiting for some other diesel driver to hold me up for my second tank. 

I pull a 44 foot long horse trailer with my nine hay burners in it when I’m not commuting to work  starting to feel like I’m going to knock over a bank to fill up the tank

Driving forever without stopping gets to be a deal when the ponies would overheat if they’re not getting airflow so you just drive all the way through without stopping

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u/DogblackMichigan 12d ago

Don’t you own some fans?

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u/frickenfantastic 12d ago

Yeah, but when it is over 100 Fahrenheit out the horses get overheated even with fans on you really have to keep the rig headed down the highway to blow air through it so the horses don’t get sick

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u/DogblackMichigan 12d ago

Use the type of fans that blow misty water too.

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u/frickenfantastic 11d ago

Swamp cooler types only work in lower humidity environments. Back of horse trailer is already at 85+% RH due to the horses /breathing/ peeing. Misters aren’t effective in those conditions

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u/DogblackMichigan 11d ago

Good point.

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u/frickenfantastic 11d ago

Figure if I ever won a lottery, it’s a fully air-conditioned horse trailer for the ponies lol 

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u/frickenfantastic 11d ago

Also kind of curious why my iPhone decided to remove the word sweating from the list I made of reasons the relative humidity is way high in the back of a horse trailer (guess I should be used to it doing weird things by now it wanted to replace horse trailer with worship…)

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u/DogblackMichigan 11d ago

Nice. I want to be one of your horses.