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1. if you are driving 450 miles you should stop at least twice

2. unless you have an old or low mileage battery you won’t have to stop more than once

3. if you do stop twice (which you should) you should not need more than 15-20 minute stop

> If I had an EV, I’d probably have to stop twice, for 30+ minutes each

You probably wouldn't for a 450mi trip, so long as you're driving an EV that's even halfway decent for road trips.

Honestly, even my Lightning could do 450 with one stop, and it’s not the poster child for high range. My model 3 would do that no problem and the stop would be half as long.

My back and butt beg me to stop every couple hundred miles anyway, so on a long road trip I plan for a lunch stop. Longer than 450 and I stop for the night or fly. But I don’t love road tripping no matter how big the has tank.

Why would you do that when you can easily make that trip in a typical 320 mile range EV with a single 20 minute charge?