[markvdb]

Do you care about safety? Then driving 260 miles without a stop is not smart. Do you have kids? Then driving 260 miles without a stop is also highly irrealistic.

But yes, more range would be nice for an expensive car like this!

[saiya-jin]

c'mon, it's easy for me in europe to do 400 miles trip without stopping, on highways and no kids of course.

say what you want, albeit cool car, 260 miles is nothing for this category of cars. heading good direction, but not there yet. and if you head into real mountains, where you might end up doing 500-1000m vertical difference to get to some remote places, the batteries will last much less, pushing this super heavy monstrosity upwards.

Useless car for anybody but posh soccer mums. That doesn't mean it won't be popular though :)

[outericky]

I care about safety and I have kids. I routinely drive SF to Orange County with 1 gas stop in the middle. 260 miles at free way speeds is 3.5-4 hrs. Not a huge deal. I often burn through a tank of gas before stopping ~400 miles.

It's not unrealistic. Also, it's not a question of going 260 total. The concern is you can, at most, drive 130 miles from the nearest charging station.

[mattlutze]

The question isn't how many times you stop, it's driving 3.5-4 hours then needing to plug your car into a wall and wait many hours for it to be ready to drive again. It's so inconvenient to not be useful in road-tripping.

[celticninja]

I have seen some fast charge stations in the UK, on motorway service stations where people usually stop for about an hour,these offer an 80% fast charge in 30 mins.