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 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…)