{"id":4658,"date":"2022-10-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/?p=4658"},"modified":"2022-10-17T10:21:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:21:52","slug":"ev-excuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/ev-excuses\/","title":{"rendered":"EV Excuses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>People have tons of questions about owning and driving an electric vehicle (EV). There are also a bunch of people that nay-say and make assumptions about EVs <em>without first hand experience<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I look at the new Ford F-150 Lightning as a truck of the future. The base model is around $40k, it has a 230 mile range, and can tow 11,000 lbs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some common concerns\/complaints:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You&#8217;re not going to get 230 miles range while towing.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Well duh! We have a Highlander Hybrid that gets 24-27MPG normally but when it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/diy-lake-depth-maps-for-old-garmin-gps\/\">pulling a boat<\/a> it gets 10-12. Towing cuts the effective range of <em>any<\/em> vehicle to about half. Anyone that thinks it would be otherwise is fooling themselves. Why is this such a surprise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"770\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-e55Vued028?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/612612\/towing-with-ford-f150-lightning-total-disaster-owner-finds\/\">another article covering the same topic that&#8217;s much more click-baity<\/a>. The bottom line is, no matter if you&#8217;re using petroleum or electricity, towing reduces range. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hagerty.com\/media\/new-car-reviews\/review-2022-gmc-sierra-denali-ultimate\/\">Denali they used gets up to 20MPG (unladen)<\/a>. It was getting 9MPG while towing. The difference is the Denali has a 24-gallon tank, putting the range between 216-480 miles &#8211; towing and unladen. Range is still (equally) greatly reduced, but the longer starting range of the Denali provides a greater range cushion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It&#8217;s not going to get me to my mother-in-law&#8217;s house in rural North Dakota<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, you&#8217;re probably right, but how often are you actually going there? In 2022 I did one road trip that was longer than the total range of my electric vehicle. You know what I did? I took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/the-van-of-the-future\/\">the van<\/a>. Most couples\/families have two cars. Even if both were full electric, you could rent a gasoline car if you&#8217;re driving to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=BFE\">BFE<\/a> where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/electricvehicles\/comments\/wx1ftk\/electrify_america_welcome_to_north_dakota\/\">there are no charging stations<\/a>. Guarantee the money you saved on fuel the rest of the year would cover your rental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EVs don&#8217;t charge fast enough<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This complaint is only valid on road trips (see above) and how many are you taking a year? I&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/800-mile-bolt-ev-road-trip\/\">driven my Chevy Bolt EV to Chicago<\/a> multiple times and it is one of the slowest charging EVs &#8211; accepting a max of 53kwh. It takes about 45 mins to recharge so I plan my charging stop around my lunch break. Literally every other EV out there charges faster. Without experience, you have nothing to complain about. 99% of the year it will charge in your garage and be fully ready to use every morning. When was the last time your gasoline car did that?!?<\/p>\n<div class='kindleWidget kindleLight' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/wp-content\/plugins\/send-to-kindle\/media\/white-15.png\" \/><span>Send to Kindle<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People have tons of questions about owning and driving an electric vehicle (EV). There are also a bunch of people that nay-say and make assumptions about EVs without first hand experience. I look at the new Ford F-150 Lightning as a truck of the future. The base model is around $40k, it has a 230&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/ev-excuses\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Surprise! EVs don't go as far when you're towing (neither do gas vehicles). 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