This is the insight that I need. I'm all about EVs, but my fam and I will go on at least 1 500 road trip each year, and we don't stop for sleep (unless we have to).
Assuming you're saying "one 500-mile road trip" per year, I don't think you should let that stop you. That's one or two 10-80% charging stops max for any Tesla.
I'd play with https://abetterrouteplanner.com and test your potential road trips with the type of car you're interested in. It'll plan out where you'd need to stop, for how long, etc. Pretty cool way to alleviate (or confirm) your fears.
Not to mention if you're commuting or doing daily driving the rest of the year, and charging at home or work, you e saved all the other time you would have spent filling up at a gas station.
So 30 minutes charging on a road trip is probably less then the sum of the time you would have spent filling up and getting oil changes.
I took a look at the site as well, and planned the DFW->LA trip I mentioned earlier in the thread. I was shocked at the number of stops required just to get to the Texas border. That's normally a full day, but now it is 2 days. It's just not viable yet for cross country. I'm not saying stop EVs. I'm just saying stop with moronic concepts of using something it's not designed for. A 300 mile range is plenty for 99% use cases. Solve for the low hanging fruit. Lower pollution in cities where it collects the most. Then, continue working on larger battery capacities for longer trips. Harping on the viability is of what we have now is good is just doing a disservice.
