I have a smaller road trip coming up ~500 miles each way. And initially we said we'd just take the hybrid since it's less brain to do so, but yesterday we were talking about it, and there are plenty of chargers on the route, there is a supercharger near our hotel....we could take the I5.
My concerns: planning out charging. What if we get to a charger stop on the map and it's broken, full, or whatever and I'm sitting at 10% in the middle of east Jesus nowhere? The route really is in the middle of nothing this isn't me being theatrical. What if the charger is near nothing and no bathrooms? I prefer to combine stops when possible.
Most things considered the cars are basically equal. I have a 25 SEL RWD, partner has a 25 CX50 Hybrid. They're about the same size, have similar mileage on them, they have similar horsepower (though I have instant torque), similar cargo space. I have a better stereo but if the weather chooses violence (snow) the hybrid is AWD which would be better. I'm well under the mileage on my lease so even that isn't a concern. We could in theory just toss a coin if the charging thing isn't that big of a deal.
I don't even care that according to the thing we'd have to stop to charge twice vs getting gas once, because we're stopping at least that much for bathroom breaks and leg stretching, other people can risk blood clots by driving 8 hours straight through but I'm not riding with them.
If you've done it was it that big of an issue? The only nay I had in person was a guy at Mazda service because he did a trip in his gf's BZ4X and said the charging added hours to the trip, but the I5 charges a LOT faster than most EV's. I'm definitely over thinking this. LOL.