I grew up driving trucks (first drive was at 6-years-old in a 2-ton flatbed Chevy--I had to stand up while my father operated the pedals). And every time we've let go of a truck, we've gone back to owning one relatively quickly. Too much ranching in my blood to not find a "need" for a truck.
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All of my long road trips in the Mustang have been more pleasant than the same trips in any of the ICE vehicles we've owned in the past.
Except the Sienna we had for a few years back when we had a baby 20 years ago. But our stops in the Sienna were always longer than our stops in the Mustang...
I've done most of this trip in the Mustang before. It was a much, much better drive in the Mustang. I had been saving up for a Lightning or R1T, but am going to go ahead and make the trade ASAP. Once I'm done with the gas cars, I only ever have to go to a liquid fuel station for the tractor, and...
Just about home from a 2300 mile road trip that has been absolute misery (the driving has been awful).
We took a trip from Northern AZ to the Ozark National Forest in Arkansas to watch the eclipse.
But because we were caravanning with a couple who drive gas, my partner decided we should too...
Rarely. We do about 9,000-15,000 miles of road trips a year, with about 50+ DCFC charges a year. But I've only ever been in one or two situations where a NACS charger would have made the road trip better. Never where it was crucial. My partner insisted we get the A2ZEV adapter as well as the...
Did you ever live with a crap car? I grew up needing to push start cars, jump cars, repair tires, repair cars on the side of the road, etc., etc., etc., I also grew up helping others with the same issues.
It's become pretty much a standard operating procedure for me to carry jumper cables, a...
This answers a slightly different question (how many trips were of what distance). Your question is probably significantly less than this (people who travel long distances probably do so multiple times).
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the total number of trips from 1 January...
I'd rather someone just take a $200 replaceable adapter than damage my $1500 charge port... Someone who is going to take it is already not interested in the ethics or legality of damaging the car...
I would also want to be able to quickly remove the charger if there is any sort of issue with...
I took a road trip from northern AZ to Las Cruces, NM. On the way, I did two L2 charges from relatively low to 100%.
I started the drive at 100% (but it was below 0ºC, so its capacity was quite a bit lower than nominal). I didn't stop to charge until I reached an RV park where I L2 charged from...
That's right. Maximum gain of 3.7 kWh on the way down. Then a minimum loss of 2.6 kWh on the way back up (rounding accounts for the 0.1 kWh difference from my previous comment). This is ignoring friction, air resistance, etc.