My wife and I bought a Tesla
My wife and I bought a Tesla Model X in 2020, and we have driven it on multiple road trips — one from coast to coast and back, one from the east coast to Chicago and back, and three times down to Florida and back. We bought it with road-tripping in mind, and we’ve been quite happy with it. With a max range of 350 miles, Teslas were the only comfortable SUV EVs that could handle road-tripping at the time we bought it. (We loved the Jaguar I-Pace when we test drove it, but the range just wasn’t there.)
BUT, what you say in this article about not getting your max range when driving a lot on the highway is completely true. You don’t get best efficiency at 75 mph, and you don’t charge often above 80% because that last 20% charges too slow and you want to get back on the road. Depending on how far you are going, this can add up to an hour and a half or even two and a half hours of charging over the course of a day.
So, you need to be honest with yourself about how you road-trip. If you’re the kind that blitzes through the gas station and eats while driving, today’s EVs will slow you down. If you’re the kind who stops more often than just when you need gas, who walks the dog, goes to the bathroom, and/or eats at a restaurant, you can do those things while the car charges, and an EV will add very little to your overall time on the road.