Three Months of EV Ownership: They Aren't Ready for Road Trips. Special disclaimer for r/cars: I take 400+ mile round trips 3-5 times a month. I drive far more often than the average American. People who say they can't own an EV because it will add 1-2 hours to the 1-2 trips they take per year are being absolutely ridiculous. Having said that... I've had my Rivian R1T for three months now, I absolutely love it. I drive a fair amount for work, and after 4-5 trips of 3-400 miles one way, I've come to the conclusion that EV's aren't ready for road trips yet. Sorry EV crowd, but EV owners are a bit gaslighty when it comes to making road trips. As a group people like to pretend like the stops aren't that long, or you don't have to stop that often, or that the level 3 charger definitely isn't 15 minutes in the wrong direction. 1. Charging Time. It takes way, way longer to charge a car than it does to fill one up with gas. It takes 5 minutes or less to fill a car up. Depending on how far you need to go, charging can be in excess of an hour. Thankfully I live in a part of the country where there is not a ton of EV's so I've never had to wait for a charger. Waiting for people complete a process that takes 20-90 minutes while trying to get somewhere would be a dealbreaker for me. 2. Charging Network. Its just not ready. Forget the reliability issues, at least in the middle of the country, it's just not widespread enough. The lack of availability means that not only could it be 10+ minutes in the wrong direction to get to the charger, it means you might have to do weird stuff like stop 100 miles into your trip and charge to ~100% just to be able to make it. Oh, and hopefully the chargers work, and charge at a reasonable speed. 3. Range/Aero/Weather. You have to stop more often, you have to drive slower. What a terrible combo. Allegedly my trucks range in conserve mode is 293 miles, but you can't drive that far at 70 mph, definitely not at 75, and sure as fuck not going to happen at 80. Driving into a headwind or in the cold or both? You could reduce your range by 50% or more. That's just not acceptable, my previous ICE vehicle, horrible efficiency meant a 20% reduction in range. I have a route I run fairly often that's right at 300 miles one way. In my previous ICE vehicle I had a fairly standard routine, I'd stop halfway fill up, bathroom and hit the drive through, 15-20 minute stop. If I didn't need to eat, or use the restroom, I could make it without stopping. Making this same trip in the Rivian, it's 120 miles to the charger, which is 10 minutes in the wrong direction. 189 miles from the charger to the destination, which means I need to charge to 90%+. Depending on how efficient the first leg was and how the charger is behaving, that's 30-60 minutes. So 20 minutes of extra driving, then 30-60 minutes of charging. You're adding 30-60 minutes of stopping time vs the ICE vehicle. You need to stop multiple times and you really start piling on the time. I love my truck, and I honestly don't mind a 1 stop trip, I make it my food stop and bathroom stop and the extra time isn't too hateful. I won't take an EV beyond 1 charger stop and we won't be selling the ICE vehicle. It's just not ready.