re: Our Last Ford F-150 Lightning EV Pickup Road Trip Was a Nightmare

No issue with evs, just be sure you understand its limitations when buying and have a charging plan.

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Imagine a world of EV's trying to flee New Orleans at hurricane time

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EVs actually do a really good job of holding a charge in stop and go traffic.

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The regenerative nature of anything with a battery and motor says this makes sense. I think the intent of the other poster whom I quoted had more to do with the readiness of EV's to leave at last minute and how much battery is available. It took us 3-4 hours to get out of NOLA from uptown via twin span to the North Slidell junction.

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I mean, it's probably more than 90% for 90% of the population.

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I mean, I said "city commuting for 90% of the lifetime ownership of an American vehicle." these things are not the same: millions of city dwelling Americans will traverse this enormous country next week at distances far greater than 300+ miles on a road trip, for whatever reason. the electric car itself is only half the equation. it took 100+ years to get the gas station infrastructure that we have, yet the ruling class are forcing this shite on us overnight.

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anyone under the illusion that EVs aren't the future is delusional.

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it depends on what you mean by, "the future," in both its time and scale?

is the future 10 years out and all new cars being electric? if so, YOU are delusional. Literally. if that scale of consumerism is in store for the next decade, which isn't very long at all economically and geopolitically speaking, then if you think there won't be chaos from African mines down to your local Costco charging station, then, again, YOU are delusional.

FTR, from someone who runs, owns, operates and maintains every type of equipment and truck from 80k pound excavators and 20k pound tractor trailers, down to a weedeater, I'd take electric over ICE's every day of the week if there were no tradeoffs. but if you think this shite is going to happen in 10 to 15 years on the back of crippling government mandates, and we're all coming out on the other side unscathed, then you are living in your little white collar cubicle of delusion. there's so many moving parts to making this world go round that most don't know anything about, and if you think it's happening because daddy government says, "let it be so" then you are going to be sadly mistaken.

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Someone's never evaced from an hurricane.

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If you evacuate for a hurricane in an EV you deserve every ounce of misery coming to you

As much as I like your handle, you really are a nut, no offense.

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$400 to put in a plug? Do you even have a clue where electricity comes from? Nothing to be ashamed of (sarcasm). The GM CEO doesn’t know. You have to have sufficient capacity in your service panel to be able to install a “plug” for an EV in your garage, if you even have one. JFC.

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It's no different than putting an outlet for your dryer in.

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Many apartment complexes are adding charging stations? I haven’t seen one in my area. Not one.

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I live in Zachary, not exactly a very metropolitan area, and there are several apartments that have then.

What did you get banned for?

It’ll be a cold day in hell before I trade my diesel in for a glorified golf cart that i have to sit an hour or more at a gas station to charge my vehicle. I’ll gladly keep on polluting the air and going about my day while you’re sitting at the charging station still with your thumb up your arse. But at least you’re doing your part to go green! AOC and the squad would be proud!

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Some will have the capacity but not the physical space, may need to change out breakers to slim lines or do a subpanel at a moderate cost, and some will need an expensive full panel and/or service upgrade.

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You can run a load shedder or load shed equipped panel like a Span as well.