Quote Originally Posted by Franky View Post
Fact is that currently EVs are not suitable for long distance driving no matter how many charging stations you put on the route. Let's say you drive from Calais to Prague, pretty much 1100km on motorways. Google estimates it roughly as a 10 hour drive, so the average speed would be around 110km/h.

Mknight, you said your colleague did 250km stint on the Autobahn. So that would mean 4 stops with fully charged batteries. According to the Tesla website the supercharger charges the 90kW Model S in 75 minutes. So that would mean 5 hours (4x75min) of "resting" on top of the 10 hour drive. Having done that route, I'd say you'd normally make 3-4 stops as well, but none of them would last that long. Even a lunch stop isn't usually that long.
10 hour is without stops, so at best 11 hours with some stops (thats and average of 90 km/h). 75 min is for full charge, where the first 50% take 30 mins, so there is something to be gained, but even if you keep with 15 hours, that's 36% longer.
Is there a difference? Sure, petrol cars are faster for long range driving. Still VERY far from "no electric solution" and "unsolvable issues". Again, how often do most people drive that far. Once a year on a holiday? For typical weekend long range driving the range is enough.

Btw: 4630km in 55 hours = 88 km/h average:
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/09...-a-new-record/