Their trip was good and she was much surprised and they had a very nice time.
The return trip however was not quite so delightful.
You see her boyfriend drove her there in a nice new Mustang Mach-E GT.
E is for electric. Now it is a very nice car, very well appointed with all the bells and whistles, and apparently is both zippy and comfortable.
While electric cars are great for in-town travel, a 241+ mile trip turned into quite the ask of the vehicle.
It led to a game of find a car charger, wait for charger to be available, wait to charge car, rinse, repeat.
Took them well over 12 hours to get back to their respective places in Ann Arbor for a trip that would take under 3 hours and 45 minutes by gas-powered car, or four and a half hours by train. Their way there took quite a while as well, but the way back was apparently a lot longer due to both a lack of chargers, and a lack of available chargers not being used by others on their trip home.
So for in-city travel, electric cars seem to be doing very well. For longer trips, anecdotally, not so much.
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Especially on a Thanksgiving Weekend. Not enough chargers and not enough range.
The issue is always the same for Electrics. You an fuel a gas or diesel vehicle to full range in less than 10 minutes. Not so with electrics. The charges can be thin on the ground and may or may not be working as well (over 40% of the chargers in the US are said to be broken at any given moment).
Anyone who travels far from home in an electric is a fool.
Mr B.: Yep, you could certainly say that lessons were learned on that trip.
michigan doug: Nah he's a good kid and so far semes to be the one. They fit well together. This was due to his being inexperienced with long trips in an EV (this is his first). He didn't factor in charging issues with having an electric car for the trip. Learning has now occurred.
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