<story><title>Tesla on track to smash targets after producing almost a million EVs in 6 months</title><url>https://thedriven.io/2023/07/03/tesla-on-track-to-smash-targets-after-producing-almost-a-million-evs-in-first-6-months/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ne0flex</author><text>I recently drove a 2019 Tesla Model 3 from NYC to Montreal via Vermont. Personally, I wouldn&amp;#x27;t do the route I took in a Tesla (&amp;#x2F;EV) again. The &amp;#x27;range anxiety&amp;#x27; set definitely in during the trip because, when departing NYC, I entered my destination in Vermont and the navigation system showed I&amp;#x27;d have 47% battery remaining upon arrival... I ended up arriving with 19% battery and I was in the middle of the nowhere. Due to the prevailing weather conditions (the car kept saying the battery was cold) and it was raining I guess the battery dropped quicker than it should have? I was stressing out because my wife would be late to meeting her client had I went to the nearest supercharger and I didn&amp;#x27;t know if I would have enough battery to make it to the charger if continued and dropped off to the client, given how fast the battery was dropping. After dropping her off, I had to charge the car a further 3 times at superchargers, adding an extra 1h45m to the whole trip to Montreal. I also charged the car once going from NYC to Brattleboro, which was another 30m, so almost 2h15m in spent charging the car.</text></item><item><author>shusaku</author><text>It really makes me think an electric car future is going to happen. This possibility was dismissed all my life (“what about road trips?) but the demand is there.</text></item><item><author>ripper1138</author><text>An amazing achievement. For reference, Toyota produced 10 million cars last year.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>richardw</author><text>YMMV but I think the obvious thing to do for anyone who worries about range is to use an EV for daily and hire the right car for a long trip. I don’t buy a car for my 1% trips, I buy a car for my 99% trips.&lt;p&gt;When I need a 4x4, I hire. When I go on a weekend away with lots of gear, I get a trailer or larger car. Big family outing, people carrier. Fetch furniture, Uber van. Getting a huge car and using it for shopping or dropping kids off is allowing the rare use case to dictate how you experience the typical use case. Harder to park, fuel, maintain.&lt;p&gt;Hiring also means I don’t have the “wrong” large car which doesn’t fit the rare holiday where I need more seats or storage.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tesla on track to smash targets after producing almost a million EVs in 6 months</title><url>https://thedriven.io/2023/07/03/tesla-on-track-to-smash-targets-after-producing-almost-a-million-evs-in-first-6-months/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ne0flex</author><text>I recently drove a 2019 Tesla Model 3 from NYC to Montreal via Vermont. Personally, I wouldn&amp;#x27;t do the route I took in a Tesla (&amp;#x2F;EV) again. The &amp;#x27;range anxiety&amp;#x27; set definitely in during the trip because, when departing NYC, I entered my destination in Vermont and the navigation system showed I&amp;#x27;d have 47% battery remaining upon arrival... I ended up arriving with 19% battery and I was in the middle of the nowhere. Due to the prevailing weather conditions (the car kept saying the battery was cold) and it was raining I guess the battery dropped quicker than it should have? I was stressing out because my wife would be late to meeting her client had I went to the nearest supercharger and I didn&amp;#x27;t know if I would have enough battery to make it to the charger if continued and dropped off to the client, given how fast the battery was dropping. After dropping her off, I had to charge the car a further 3 times at superchargers, adding an extra 1h45m to the whole trip to Montreal. I also charged the car once going from NYC to Brattleboro, which was another 30m, so almost 2h15m in spent charging the car.</text></item><item><author>shusaku</author><text>It really makes me think an electric car future is going to happen. This possibility was dismissed all my life (“what about road trips?) but the demand is there.</text></item><item><author>ripper1138</author><text>An amazing achievement. For reference, Toyota produced 10 million cars last year.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>brianwawok</author><text>I got used to this by my second road trip and it’s a nonissue. You control discharge rate Tina large extent. Battery on track to hit 0? Low speed from 74 to 69 and you do just fine and arrive at 12%. Have near 50k miles in road trips and won’t ever buy a Dino bone burner again.</text></comment>