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Originally Posted by twitchyzero
sounded like 3 hours of driving around in anxiety finding a charger
and 8 hour drive vs 5 daily is a big deal whether you're only away for a long weekend/2 week trip
what's a tank of gas daily when you're on a vacation? i dont mind spending a bit more on essentials when you're supposed to be relaxed
again, i'm for EVs on many aspects, but road trip is not one of them, not until there are chargers everywhere and portable cells you can carry as extras
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You have never done one in a Tesla I assume?
The Tesla nav is so good that it can plan everything for you... including the supercharger point you should stop. No range anxiety... I mean, in the city maybe... but not in a roadtrip.
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Originally Posted by !LittleDragon
Do they go 18k RPM? Things go out of balanced in the car all the time like drive shafts. They start to wobble and vibrate. The faster they spin, the more it vibrates eventually destroying itself. Think of your washing machine on the spin cycle when the balance is off. If the motor becomes unbalanced after hitting a pothole, you may not notice it at first but it'll eventually wreck itself. It'll get there faster at higher RPMs. If the motor runs at a lower RPM through the use of a transmission, it may last a lot longer.
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My Dyson spins at 120,000RPM and it had been going strong for the last 3yrs I've owned it... used daily too.
Things get wonky in ICE because of the combustion... everytime it ignites, you are degrading the engine. Electrical motors work on a very different principle. They are not perfect, but they cannot be compared apple to apple.