[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/smart-motoring.com\/latest-news\/ev-road-trips-are-difficult-but-totally-worth-it\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/smart-motoring.com\/latest-news\/ev-road-trips-are-difficult-but-totally-worth-it\/","headline":"EV Road Trips Are Difficult, But Totally Worth It","name":"EV Road Trips Are Difficult, But Totally Worth It","description":"Doing a road trip in an electric car really isn\u2019t as hard as you think We\u2019ve been talking to our Motor-Vision Award winner, Lucy, a lot recently and have learned a great deal about her adventures in her BMW i3. We\u2019re very pleased that we could help Lucy\u2019s motoring vision become reality and hope that her green tour of England and Wales has not only inspired her family, but also those who happened to read or hear about this incredible […]","datePublished":"2019-11-22","dateModified":"2023-07-04","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/smart-motoring.com\/author\/isabelle-lawrence\/#Person","name":"Isabelle Lawrence","url":"https:\/\/smart-motoring.com\/author\/isabelle-lawrence\/","identifier":30,"description":"Max Wheeler is a leading motoring journalist and classic car specialist at Smart Motoring, renowned for his sharp insight and infectious passion for all things automotive. With years of experience covering motoring news, supercars, and the enduring legacy of classic cars, Max brings stories to life with style and authority. Whether it\u2019s the roar of a Lamborghini, the elegance of an Aston Martin DB5, or the cultural impact of vintage motoring icons, he delivers expert commentary that inspires enthusiasts and collectors alike. 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In case you didn\u2019t already know, Lucy was a winner of our 2018 Motor-Vision Awards competition that we hold each year. We ask the public for their motoring ideas, dreams and visions and we pick the best and help them become a reality. We get all kinds of submissions through, from crazy restoration projects, races, road trips and fundraisers.Lucy\u2019s project idea was to tour England and Wales in an electric vehicle and stop at major sites that would teach her kids about the environment, nature and our planet in general. Once she was equipped with a fantastic BMW i3 and the Motor-Vision logos were slapped on the side, Lucy and her family embarked on a 1000-mile round trip visiting places such as The Eden Project, Stonehenge and Kew Gardens.Visiting these educational sites with herhusband, Mike, and two sons, 8-year-old Oscar and 6-year-old Dylan, was not theonly purpose of this expedition. Lucy also made it clear that she also wishedto help raise awareness for the practicality of electric cars and show peoplethat travelling around half of the country in a battery-powered car is not ashard as you may think. Although Lucy and her family did indeed prove that it\u2019s completely possible, they also discovered some drawbacks that they may not have experienced if they were travelling in a petrol or diesel car. One of these drawbacks is the level of planning required. Driving a conventional combustion car is easy.When you\u2019re running low on fuel you just pull into the nearest fuel station.There are many of them dotted around the place and it\u2019s hard to drive for morethan twenty minutes on the motorway without passing one. For electric cars,such as the BMW i3 with a real-world range of around 165 miles, this is not thecase.The number of charging stations is growing each year but they\u2019re still scarce when compared to conventional petrol stations. Furthermore, to add to the problem, electric cars are less efficient whilst travelling at high speeds and the battery will always drain fastest on motorway runs. This meant that the \u2018Are We There Yet Mum\u2019 project required a lot of trip planning, Lucy told us.Not only do you have to account for extrastops to charge your car but you also need to be sure that the hotels you arestaying at have car charging facilities as well. So, why is it totally worth it? Well, other than the necessary planning, their extensive travelling was said to be a blast thanks to comfy seats, a low amount of cabin noise and a wonderful family as company. Moreover, the amount of money one saves on fuel is nothing short of incredible, especially if you\u2019re travelling as much as Lucy did.With today\u2019s fast-charging technologies,certain chargers are capable of getting your EV back up to 80% in about half anhour. As the years go on, the inconvenience of charging is becoming less andless thanks to quicker, more advanced chargers and a greater number of chargingstations available. If you can get over the slight inconvenienceof planning a journey more than you usually would, you\u2019ll not only be savingmoney but also the planet. CO2 emissions play a major role in climate changeand if people start switching to zero or low-emission cars, emissions will bereduced. Air will also become cleaner, especially in cities, which will alsoimprove people\u2019s health and reduce the number of respiratory health problems inthe local population. If Lucy could tour around England and Wales in an EV without an issue, so could you!Remember, you can visit the \u2018Are We There Yet Mum?\u2019 Facebook page here and if you want to read more about Lucy\u2019s journey, you can find out all about it here."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Latest News","item":"https:\/\/smart-motoring.com\/latest-news\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"EV Road Trips Are Difficult, But Totally Worth It","item":"https:\/\/smart-motoring.com\/latest-news\/ev-road-trips-are-difficult-but-totally-worth-it\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]