My wife and I just completed our 1st "long-distance" EV trip to visit her brother & his wife. The destination was Findlay, OH, located just off an interstate freeway in the middle of nowhere.
We went through some careful planning in deciding to chose between her Tesla Model S P100D and my Taycan Turbo. After reviewing the distance (161 miles from Cincinnati), considering low temperatures and the precipitation outlook, we started looking on the web for fast charger availability.
Not even close. The Tesla and their supercharger network won the day. There wasn't any possible route that made sense with the Taycan without adding serious trip time with severe range anxiety. The Electrify America 350kW charging infrastructure is so very sparse in the middle of nowhere (it is OK at major city end-points), but the Tesla network had reasonable intervals along interstate highways.
We elected to stop for 30 minutes in Lima (pronounced Lie-mah, bigger than a dorf, but not a big city) at an 8-spot Supercharger next to a Hampton Inn on the way there. We were the only car using it. We arrived in good spirits.
When we began our return, the P100D navigation display mentioned we would have to limit our speed to 65 mph to have 5% charge remaining on arrival at home. After a bit of driving through precipitation (winter mix), the suggested speed dropped to 60 mph and I became worried that more precipitation drag along the route would make things even worse. So, we stopped at the Lima Supercharger once again for 30 minutes. With the additional charge, we could drive 70 mph for the duration and not worry about running out of battery. We arrived a little later than planned because of the "extra" charging stop. In Summer, in the dry, we probably wouldn't need the 2nd charging stop.
Some day, the 350 kW J1772/CCS-connector charging infrastructure will be built out enough to make this kind of trip in the Taycan no big deal. For now, Tesla has an important head start that will sway a lot of customers while the other brands play catch-up.
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Mike
918 Spyder + Taycan Turbo + Tesla Roadster 1.5 & Model S P100D AP2 + BMWs (Z8 + 3.0 CSi) + Bentley Arnage T