THE VIDEO SHELF · ev road trip charging
EV Road Trips Suck Now (Except in a Tesla)
Aging Wheels compares a road trip in a Polestar 2 with an identical drive in a Tesla, showing the charging problems of non-Tesla EVs. It argues that outside Tesla's network, EV road trips have become frustrating.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN cites it as a clear side-by-side showing the papercuts of non-Tesla fast charging in EV debates.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Aging Wheels
- Topic
- ev road trip charging
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2023–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Finding working-as-advertised chargers appears to be hard if not downright impossible. The situation does appear to be a little better if you own a Tesla, but if you own most any other make of EV you're going to have a bad time. From a hard …
ralonso on Hacker News · 2024-01
In Fewer people are buying electric cars in the USThe Aging Wheels channel on YouTube has done a good field test between a Polestar 2 and a Tesla Model 3: [VIDEO]
speps on Hacker News · 2023-11
InThis road trip video does a good job showing the papercuts and more significant issues that make a non-Tesla road trip painful. [VIDEO]
andrejk on Hacker News · 2023-12
In Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi finally say they will use Tesla's EV charging plug
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