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      07-02-2015, 04:51 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by jadnashuanh View Post
You're missing the point that while you MIGHT find a gas station, you would be unlikely to find an EVSE or a CCS unit, so you're limited to the range you could go while the REx was running once you'd depleted the batteries if you just try to continue on. Personally, stopping every 50-60 miles to refill the fuel tank would get old quickly...that's often less than an hour. Any here's hoping that the station you expected to use was open when you got there!

Yes, people do this. IF they're lucky, they can find an EVSE or CCS unit where they need one, but that is not the norm. Otherwise, to refill the batteries, you're looking at 3-4 hours or longer, depending on the SOC and the EVSE you can hook up to. That makes forward progress pretty dismal.
I really am not missing your point, that is why I started with "Absolutely true!"

I was just saying there are gas stations closer than 100 miles at a time. I just look at Rex as a way to use up all the battery.
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