The Tesla supercharger made the electric car road trip possible, but it will be far better when it is common for hotels to feature overnight charging. Here's how it might happen until the robocars come and solve the problem for good.
On long road trips through the flowers, you don't want to stop to charge, you want it solved where you sleep, I described the realities of taking a road trip in an electric car like a Tesla, with a focus on how you use the high speed superchargers Tesla has been building out along most major highways. These chargers can get you from low to 50% in about 20 minutes, and fill you up from low in 60 to 80 minutes, at least in the model 3.
There are only a few hotels that do this, so right now it may not be doable, or severely limits your hotel choice.All hotels have only a few spaces, so you need to work to assure you will get a slot. In reality, many spaces are rarely used, because electric road trips are rare today, and some hotels will also reserve one for you.
Right now, use of hotel chargers is modest, so chances are you will find an available charger. In the future, with contention, there needs to be a way to reserve them. Not getting a charger if you are depending on it can be a problem, though there are usually the following backup plans which are not convenient, tolerable if you don't use them very often:There will usually be some other charger within a mile or two. Go there and take Uber/Lyft/Taxi or even a hotel shuttle back.
The ability to reserve partial time, so that a guest can only charge during their time and must leave afterward for the next guest.Automatic interface with hotel systems to integrate reservation and billing for charging stations. Will electricity stay free? Unlike gasoline, which is fiercely competitive, charging stations prices vary hugely today. Sometimes it's free, or free with parking or a room. At home, people pay residential rates, averaging 11 cents/kwh, sometimes less at night. Tesla's superchargers are free to older cars, but today cost around 25 cents/kwh, which starts to approach the price of gasoline for a Toyota Prius.
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