I'm going on a road trip - Indy, a race track, wherever. Traveling at night, sometimes through places where there isn't much more than an occasional gas station. And/or you don't want to get off the main road too far or for too long. (I'm looking at you Richmond, Columbus, Philly, et al...)
So, if I have an EV, am I supposed to plan my trip around the limitations of the car. Or find a charging station somewhere in some parking lot, in a strange town, in the middle of the night, with a car that is going to take 20 or 30 minutes to charge, and leave me a sitting duck for any of the local ghetto goblins while I'm waiting?
Why would I do that?
The next Tesla I see in a gas station along the highway, dead in the water, won't be the first.
A toy for nerds, a short trip car, little commute car, I can see that. But that's all I see. Anything else it becomes a PIA
I believe if you have a Tesla it will provide you with a route with charging stations AND it won't let you pass a charging station if it doesn't have enough juice to reach the next one. This is what my neighbor - who has three Tesla's in the family - told me.
So does the car hold a gun to your head or steer you into the station? I don't think so, it probably just makes a nuisance of itself by constantly telling you to turn around. And stubborn owners who fail to heed the warnings are probably the one's you see at the side of the road.
Musk is a pretty smart man !!
