You’re in Florida????? No AC!?!?!? Did you have swamp a$$ at the end of your trip? It’s hot outside!!!🥵☀️

 

I fully understand if someone is anxious about range, or just simply doesn't want to deal with charging during trips. Perfectly understandable. And to be honest, if charging at home wasn't an option and I had to do 100 percent of my charging at public chargers, I would probably have skipped going EV.

For trips, which I do three or four times a year, it's not an issue for me. Our last trip to Santa Barbara, I charged once in the three days we were there. And we drove a lot. While my wife was getting ready the next morning, I ran over to the Superchargers about half mile from our hotel and charged up to 80 percent. Took 25 minutes. By the time I got back, we were ready to head to breakfast. Lasted me three days, we drove all over Santa Barbara.

When I'm in SoCal, we easily drive 50 or 60 miles a day.... one way. I can easily go two days without charging, although I'll hit a supercharger near my brothers house. Now he has a Tesla as well as a 240v circuit, so I won't even need to go to a supercharger when I'm staying with him

 

That's nasty bro 🤮

 

I remember my cousin moved from California to Texas and his truck at the time didn’t have AC. He told me he didn’t need it and he never needed it back in California. Needless to say that last less than a month. He bought a car with working AC and parked his truck. The humidity in the south can be suffocating. Swamp a$$ is a real thing!!! Especially if you have leather seats without ventilation. I miss the crotch cooler AC vent underneath the steering wheel on my old 3rd gen 4Runner!! It came in clutch!!


Back on EV topic, I’ve seen a few Mustang Mach E and a VW EV (not sure of the name) in the wild here in NY. I think someone mentioned Ford is giving the Mach E away with its crazy lease deals.

 

classy. i turned off the ac for about 10 minutes just to see if it mattered much in electricity usage.

both my cars have ventilated seats... aside, i've read that's not a/c air but i don't believe that, the seats run cold when on.

anyway, i will not be running my ev without ac ogain any time soon.

 

It varies based on the design. Some have their own direct cooling built into the seat, some rely on the underseat vent (for the rear) to get cold air, some are truly just ventilated.

 

This wasn't just a trip, this was driving back and forth to the hospital with our home base being a house that isn't ours. I didnt get back to my SILs one night until after 1AM. Its not a normal thing to have to do for sure, its one of those "unusual stress situations" where an ICE is still just better than an EV.

It all goes back to my main issue being not being able to confidently do anything I want with the car. Which is fine with a $50k commuter car but for a $140k car its a little different.

 

Yes, some do... even the ones that don't... ventilation can give a cooling feel... water evaporating from your skin can make you feel cold because it absorbs heat energy from your skin to break the hydrogen bonds between water molecules and turn into vapor.

 

I know what you're talking about, I've travelled a lot to San Antonio, where you cannot survive without AC in the summer, night or day. And you do need AC in California in the summer, especially if you live in SoCal. My first car didn't have AC, and honestly I don't know how I survived summers, which are not as bad as Florida or Texas due to less humidity, but nonetheless I wouldn't dream of owning a car without AC. BTW, I've been to Miami once, and the humidity can be brutal. I've also been to Atlanta, NC, and NJ/NY/PA in the summer, which are also brutally humid.

You probably saw an ID.4, which is VW's electrified vehicle. I think the new ones look really cool, especially with the lighting at night

 

Humidity will make 97 degrees feel like it’s 110 degrees. Turn your AC off at your own risk!! When I see people with all of their windows rolled down I really feel bad for them as I assume their AC isn’t working. They have a right to speed!!

I’ve been on the track with the temp on the track was 118!!

Saw another polestar today. Honestly I’m seeing majority hybrid vehicles!! Sprinkle in a few EVs here and there. Lots of gas vehicles. Saw a Cullian yesterday. It’s cool. Not my cup of tea.

 

Not my cup of tea either, way to square for my liking.

With high humidity and temp, I don't know how people could live without AC. Last week it was in the 90's, and I had to precool my car (you can precool both my Tesla and Polestar from the app) 10 minutes before getting in. I live in an older neighborhood where many of the residents don't have AC, and during heatwaves, everyone leaves their doors and windows open with fans blasting, and you see the nearby park full of people after 9pm. I don't know how people in high humidity/temp areas survived pre Air-conditioning.

Serious EV adoption in many parts of the country is going to take years. States like yours (Louisiana, correct?) don't allow direct sales, so Tesla's are probably harder to get where you live. Polestars are also direct sales, so if you wanted one, you have to order it and pick it up from Polestar Performance in New Orleans. Most legacy automakers are finding it harder to make a profit on EV's, so you are going to see them turn more to hybrids to fill the gap. Also, lack of charging infrastructure doesn't help EV adoption

 

how long were your trips back and forth?

not only could, but do in probably most of the world! we're just spoiled.

you'd think that, but they can't sell direct in TEXAS but when i visited austin during covid, there were teslas everywhere. and i think that was before gigatexas got going.

 

Let me tell you about Austin. Basically Californians that either got a lucrative job offer and moved to Austin or were sick of the high prices of houses and moved to Austin. Or both 😂. A friend who lives in Austin told me Californians were making the prices of houses skyrocket

 

brought the homeless people too...

 

Yeah, those are probably Texans 🤣🤣🤣