AHH, SPECULATION ONCE AGAIN. Extended battery

[Woodrick]

I'm not sure how you did that. The 300 mile trip required two stops in my Lightning ended up adding 30-45 minutes. I think you're confusing the difference in range with another truck. The GM product gives me 120 more miles of range than the CT. Going the more frequent but shorter stops add time due to exiting freeway, locating charger, plug/unplug etc. Throw in kids, and every stop is a disruption with kids waking up or wanting to get down. Suddenly that 10-15 min stop ends up at 30 min, and the kids are riled up again. Again, everyone has different lifestyles and needs; I prefer being forced to stop less often. I don't mind a longer stop for the reduced number of stops because I can relax and enjoy them. Eat my meal peacefully or look around instead of running in and out to make up time.

The other difference is that when I get to my destination I don't have to worry about proximity to chargers. I can get a week's worth of driving on one charge, and not worry about slowing down.

I'll be honest, a lot of this has to do with me not wanting to make any compromises to go with an EV. It sounds bad, but I don't want to slow down to get range. I don't want to drive 20mph under the speed limit to tow a meaningful distance, I don't want to worry or care about where the nearest charger is. I bought an EV because it's fun to drive and it destroy's the compromises that truck ownership forces one to make. But that's what my life was like with the Lightning. It was a really fun truck, but I was always running range calculations in my head and scared to drive over 65mph due to reduced range. I'd skip extra stops/errands because I didn't want to have to charge one more time. I didn't even want to overtake cars so I could conserve battery. I don't even check my SOC much in my new truck because it's got so much juice.

Again, I'm just telling you facts.

Interstate Superchargers are generally within a block or two of the Interstate, they don't take much time at all.

You are doing everything that you can to prove me wrong. I didn't come up with the idea of 5-50% charging, others did. I'm just telling you that it works. Fine, it's a stop that the kids don't get out at. I don't care. I'm just giving you suggestions on how to travel faster, since you are complaining about how much charging adds to your trip.

Look at a charging curve. 0-50% just takes a few minutes. 50-80% takes at least that long, but you only gain half the capacity.
Oh, and indeed, charging this way does indeed mean that going 75 mph or greater is not only okay, but actually suggested. It breaks every common rule of EVs.

I've been driving EVs for over 8 years and Teslas for over 6. I've been using this concept for about 5 years and it just works. I don't worry about speed, I drive at the speed that I feel comfortable with. I don't worry about Superchargers, because in most places they are only about 50 miles apart (a few areas are still around 100 miles)

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