L.A. to Vegas is 297 miles. …
L.A. to Vegas is 297 miles. I've driven this every year to attend the CES, since 2000. I leave L.A. at 6am in my BMW petrol car, and pick up my buddy at McCarren at 9am. 100mph average, including leaving L.A. city in traffic, and a bathroom break at the Nevada border.
Sacramento to L.A., 385miles, is a 4.5 hr drive, including a gas stop and a taco at Los Banos.
Why do EV owners now define a short, half-day trip as some sort of epic journey, akin to the Oregon Trail? Well, because that's whattt it is like in an EV.
Until battery energy storage refilling becomes a 5-minute process, there is no equal to traveling long distances. Post-hoc rationalizations, like "gotta stretch those legs," and ad-hominems like "but you like yucky food!" are irrational and prove the falsity of the argument.