269 mile range is 215 if only charging to 80%, and that is with a new battery and draining it to 0 which is a nail-biter. Realistic comfortable physical and mental range is 188 miles (70%; to drain to 10%). That is not enough to skip every other charging station on the interstate (about 100...
Agreed. If you were a traveling salesman and you wanted an EV it would need to be long range. (Model S Plaid or Lucid Air). While I will likely always have an EV for my daily commute, this trip solidified that our second car remain an ICE, not an EV. In fact, I think that many households would...
I recently completed a 3200+ mile road trip with my 2017 i3 Rex. My goal was to use the high speed charging network (>50kw) and to avoid using the Rex. I only used L2 and the occasional use charger at long stay destinations. I was able to complete the trip and get back in one piece.
The i3...