An EV??????`

[Too many Kubotas]

Maybe it's time for a reality check? Saw this one the other day.

"WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Seven percent of Americans, up from 4% a year ago, report that they own an electric vehicle. That increase is matched by an equal decline in the percentage saying they are seriously considering buying one, from 12% to 9%.

Meanwhile, fewer Americans -- 35%, down from 43% in 2023 -- say they might consider buying an EV in the future. Thus, even as some people have moved ahead with their intent to buy an EV in the past year, public demand for the cars has contracted."

That's in stark contrast to going from a current 4% amount of EVs in the state to a whopping 43%...in just two years. Which is what the New Mexico governor has decided will be a good thing.

Guess that's one result of them making weed legal. A complete disconnect between dreams and reality.

 

[wawajake]

Careful "too many kubotas" you don't want to overwhelm Trad with facts, that will take him 4 hrs of stressful google search to manipulate the statistics. We don't need a cardiac arrest blamed on ICE

 

[wawajake]

Same story is happening in Canada . This was in this morning's national newspaper the Financial Post. Explaining how the rich early adopter demographic with garage and charger infrastructure, is about done. And real world infrastructure needs for more chargers for rest of the population is not nearly happening ( for various reasons ) 'Tall order to ask the average Canadian': EVs are twice as hard to sell today

 

[Eagle1]

Plug-In Nightmare: Tesla Owners Wait Hours to Charge Electric Vehicles After Eclipse

I guess not all Tesla users are doing it right by only charging at home. One arrived at the only nearby charging station with 1 mile range left.

 

[sd455dan]

Plug-In Nightmare: Tesla Owners Wait Hours to Charge Electric Vehicles After Eclipse

I guess not all Tesla users are doing it right by only charging at home. One arrived at the only nearby charging station with 1 mile range left.

It takes some planning with an EV.

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/tesla-supercharging-during-solar-eclipse.313554/

 

[Eagle1]

Yup real easy for the people that have to run to a store for every meal.....
Guess there were at least 180 some, that failed the planning stage.

 

[tradosaurus]

Plug-In Nightmare: Tesla Owners Wait Hours to Charge Electric Vehicles After Eclipse

I guess not all Tesla users are doing it right by only charging at home. One arrived at the only nearby charging station with 1 mile range left.

Quite a bit of information missing, as usual.
1) The article doesn't say how far the driver they used for the story traveled. Wakefield, Mass to somewhere in Vermont. Could have been 110 miles or could have been 200 miles.
2) There are 8 supercharger stations in Vermont. Were all the superchargers packed?
3) What was the state of charge that the driver used in the article left his house?
4) Did the Tesla navigation not know the specific supercharger had a long wait?

I made a 700 mile round trip to Austin last year in our Tesla without any issues.
In one of the pictures in the article, people were wearing masks outdoors so that right indicated a lack of common sense.

 

[Eagle1]

I will say that in my younger years it was not uncommon to drive 2 or 3 hours to a beach for sunrise or sunset with no planning (lived near both coasts over years.). Just seemed like a good idea after a few drinks. Or jump on motorcycle with a change of clothes and head for a long weekend. Did have to buy some fuel from some random couple in utah once. My bike just could not do 410 miles over mountains on one tank, and that was with me filling up at the last gas station before the dry zone back then.

So even planning can get you high and dry.

 

[Eagle1]

Quite a bit of information missing, as usual.
1) The article doesn't say how far the driver they used for the story traveled. Wakefield, Mass to somewhere in Vermont. Could have been 110 miles or could have been 200 miles.
2) There are 8 supercharger stations in Vermont. Were all the superchargers packed?
3) What was the state of charge that the driver used in the article left his house?
4) Did the Tesla navigation not know the specific supercharger had a long wait?

I made a 700 mile round trip to Austin last year in our Tesla without any issues.
In one of the pictures in the article, people were wearing masks outdoors so that right indicated a lack of common sense.

At least 180+ EV at that charging station.... so not a one off failure to plan. Many failures to plan.

 

[CliffordK]

Plug-In Nightmare: Tesla Owners Wait Hours to Charge Electric Vehicles After Eclipse

I guess not all Tesla users are doing it right by only charging at home. One arrived at the only nearby charging station with 1 mile range left.

I skipped the last eclipse... to far away.

However, for the last one I rode my bicycle from Eugene OR to Albany OR. The traffic wasn't too bad in the morning, but moments after the eclipse it was just MISERABLE. The freeway became a parking lot, and the back roads where I was riding were just hammered with traffic. I should have jumped onto the freeway and passed all the cars that were going nowhere, of course sucking exhaust fumes isn't my favorite thing to do.

My guess is the East Coast was far worse with more people. The Tesla drivers that planned ahead likely did fine. Drive up the day before. Charge up, view the eclipse. Then go home.

Those that drove up, watched the eclipse, then headed to recharge likely were the ones waiting.

Were any local gas stations also overwhelmed? Did any run out of gas?