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The final analysis you need on the question of road tripping.
[Author’s note: please understand prior to reading this that I care far more about the data underlying this topic than anything else. That basically means I’m bringing facts to the table versus simple opinions. Counterarguments are welcome, but please understand that I’m not the one drawing a conclusion here.]
Some will not like this, but I first have to tout my credentials for road tripping: there’s better than a 99.99% chance that I’ve done more of it than you have. That may make me lucky but it also makes you lucky if you can stomach a whole slew of data you won’t find anywhere else.
Of the (perhaps) one million people worldwide who have done a true road trip in an electric vehicle, I am one of less than ten who have road tripped a collective distance of well over one hundred thousand miles, and probably the only person alive who has done so with all three of the conventionally relevant fast speed charging systems.
Between August 24, 2015 and April 15, 2016 I travelled to all 48 of the contiguous US state capitols (not just the contiguous states — that would have been too easy) in a base model 2013 Nissan Leaf +CHAdeMO. A total of 43,339 miles averaging over 210 miles per day until stopping for a week long rest in Southlake, Texas.
Over a period of 114 days in 2018 I repeated this 48 contiguous US capitol trip in a 2017 Chevy Bolt, checking off both the highest and lowest drivable points by…
