What's The BEST Way To Road-Trip Long-Distance In an Electric Car?

We're heading into the warmer months of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and with some long weekends coming up in the next few months - not to mention people planning get-away breaks. And if you're one of the many thousands of people around the world who purchased an electric vehicle in the last twelve months, this may be the first time you've considered driving an EV long-distance.
Of course, there's no-end of cool road-trip videos on RUclips (we've made plenty) covering long-distance EV travel, but there are also some race-based ones - such as the excellent cross-country road trip recently made by the team at Out of Spec Studios in which they raced a Tesla Cybertruck, a Rivian R1T, a Ford F150 Lightning and a Chevrolet Silverado EV WT across the southern U.S. states to see which could get from Florida to California in the quickest time.
Having watched their videos - and having made plenty of road trips ourselves, we thought it was time to answer the question many may have:
We know the quickest way to road-trip an EV - but what's the BEST way to do it?
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00:00 - Introduction
01:40 - The obvious things: everyone's experiences are different!
02:07 - Optimum conditions
03:14 - Charging strategy - Out of Spec's Race
06:19 - A more... measured approach?
07:02 - Familiarity... it's important
09:36 - If you don't have familiarity - RESEARCH!
10:12 - Lower is better... but...
11:14 - Beware pushing things too far!
11:41 - Charging needs versus YOUR needs
13:58 - Stopping is safer than driving non-stop
14:35 - Plan around you - not the car
15:11 - A note about feeling safe...
17:26 - How far in a day?
17:59 - The need to stop and rest
19:20 - Why you should stop rather than drive through
20:20 - Route planning
21:07 - How WE road trip
22:46 - Thanks, and Goodbye!
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Links:
Out of Spec's Road Trip: • Ocean to Ocean EV Truc... (Part 1)
• Cruising Through The S... (Part 2)
• Ocean 2 Ocean In Elect... (Part 3)
Our own road-trip reports:
Planning long-distance trips: • Tell Us Your Tips: Pla...
Bolt EV Cross-Country trip: • Coast-to-Coast Road Tr...
Road Tripping: Yes We Can! • Road Tripping A Ford F...
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Presenter, Script, Audio: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield.
Camera, Editor, Colorist: M. Horton
Art and Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
© Transport Evolved LLC, 2024
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