Commuting and other short trips are the only thing EVs will be good for without some breakthrough in tech. No such thing as driving/riding 60mph for 8 hours until they have a 480 mile range.
We moved from FL to MO ten years ago. I drove a 1 ton hauling a 35 foot 5th wheel that had a couple thousand pounds of stuff in it, all my tools, welder, compressor and much household stuff. My wife drove a 1 ton, 14 foot box truck hauling a car trailer with a 4x4 S10 Blazer on it and light items in the box.
Took us 4 days. It would take 4 weeks to do that with EVs.
**Took us 4 days. It would take 4 weeks to do that with EVs.**
4 days! You must have mixed in some sightseeing.
The wife and I moved from northwest IL to South Central TN. Three round trips (2 vehicles down, one back, each time). 565 miles one way. One day down, one day back. Two trips was with the 4×4 pulling a 16’ 5th wheel livestock trailer. One of those loads was just under the 16,000 lbs weight that is the IL DOT chicken coop threshold.
I’m a truck driver, so driving with few breaks is natural. My wife likes to get to the destination a quickly as possible.
Next year we are going to visit her brother near Redding, CA. We’ll probably team drive the suv in 2 days going out, but sightsee some coming back. We both have had our fill of the airports, so If we are going anywhere in the 48, it will be by road.