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Originally Posted by !LittleDragon
Top Fuel Dragsters are ICE aren't they? 0-60 in 0.8 seconds and 1/4 mile in under 4 seconds... j/k
For me, it's not the range. It's the charge time. I do a long road trip annually and I'll be damned if I have to wait an hour to charge the car every 4-5 hours. Until they can be charged in 5 mins, the most "electric" car I'll buy is maybe a performance hybrid like the Volvo S90 or Lincoln Aviator.
There's also the lack of noise. When I rented a Model S in Vegas, it was creepily quiet in the interior. I was hearing every creek and rattle the car was making. Kinda made the car feel cheap. Loads of fun to drive though.
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If Tesla can make a "consumer" grade car that does 0-60 in 1.9 on the upcoming Roadster... imagine what one can do if they forgo all "compromises" that they need to take to make it civil.
I think we'd eventually get there with some crazy high output chargers and help of supercapacitors/crazy battery tech.
In the mean time though, I'm not sure how often you go on these long roadtrips. But my idea of going all EV is to rent an ICE when I need to go on crazy long roadtrips AND when time is actually a concern (hence not allowing long stops).
Otherwise, from the homeworks I'm doing before going EV, I think an EV is going to do fine 99.99% of all my trips, roadtrips included.
I mean, even with ICE vehicles, I can't really keep my kids quiet for longer than 4hrs (heck, even the 2.5hr to Seattle is often a stretch). So we'd usually stop by rest area, a coffee or something so kids can "recharge" before going again on a long drive. Sure this "recharge" time will be longer than before (say 15min vs. 40min with supercharger?) but unless time is a constraint, I hardly see it as a problem. This is under the assumption of my usual long trip (to Kamloop/Kelowna in CA or down to Portland in US).