Another EV Road Trip Goes Badly

This is becoming predictable.

A pair of YouTubers, Roman Mica and Nathan Adlen of the channel TFLEV, recently uploaded a video of their experience driving from California to Florida in an EV. The pair decided to use a Hyundai IONIQ 5 to do a Cannonball-style run, although they weren’t breaking speed limits. Instead, they wanted to see how quickly they could make such a journey, clocking in at 46 hours and 46 minutes.

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The trip was done to raise money for a children’s charity, but it also helped expose how difficult it is to drive long distances in many parts of the country using an EV. Among the many challenges was rural areas not having many chargers available, fast chargers not working, and balancing speed plus onboard amenities with the need to preserve battery power.

While many EV-hesitant or even anti-EV people are doing another victory lap as the horrific nature of road tripping in an electric car is exposed, there’s a greater risk they’re not seeing. Keep in mind these YouTubers and their channel are big EV advocates. Check out the TFLEV channel and you’ll find only videos about EVs, not other cars, including kits to convert classic vehicles to electrified powertrains.