[NortonComando]

we’re going be logging almost 5000 miles with at least one long haul 15h driving day.
...borderline impossible trip in an EV camper.
...Am I weird and other people don’t travel this way?

Not weird, but maybe brutal...
No one is going to enjoy that particular day of your vaca.
If this '15 hr day' is on well traveled highways, it's totally possible to do it in an EV, only it would be more like 20 hrs in an EV.
I'd rather find a motel with free EV charging overnight and make it two 8 hr days.
And don't forget the free breakfasts !!

ABRP lets you plan EV road trips with whatever EV you select.
Playing with ABRP online gave me the confidence to buy a used Bolt in LA and drive it home to KC, 5 yrs ago and the network of DCFC is way better today.
It shows details of each leg of an EV road trip. For instance coming down the east side of the Rockies showed the SOC increasing! It minimizes your time charging at each stop.

 

[CarKeys]

To much planning: Spontaneity is the key to enjoying van life .
The ability gas up and travel without range anxiety.

 

[Pierre O]

I have a 2 week road trip coming up at the end of next month with a couple of buddies. Two weeks is not an insignificant amount of time off from work, but we want to see a lot of the country so we’re going be logging almost 5000 miles with at least one long haul 15h driving day. This would be an extremely challenging, borderline impossible trip in an EV camper. Am I weird and other people don’t travel this way?

Don't know about "weird" , but we definitely don't travel this way. Our longest legs would be about 500 miles, and we normally aim for shorter legs because usually there will be stuff we want to see along the way. I don't think I ever drove over 1000 km (620 miles) in a single day ever. For example, we have a 16-day trip planned in August where we will do about 3000 miles total; the longest leg will be about 400 miles.

We do want to see as much as possible also, but not just from inside the van .

 

[Pierre O]

To much planning: Spontaneity is the key to enjoying van life .
The ability gas up and travel without range anxiety.

We've travelled on roads where there's 250 miles between gas stations. Not open 24 hours either. Depending on where you travel, range anxiety is definitely not just an EV thing...

 

[larry barello]

Late August I'm heading to the Dempster HWY, NT to Tuktoyaktuk: ~500 miles of gravel with a gas stop in the middle! I just gotta have that photo of me standing in the water next to my van next to the Arctic Ocean sign.

I'm used to long drives since most of my favorite destinations are 600-1600 miles from home. Once there I prefer less driving and more hiking/exploring/camping. Going to Tuktoyaktuk will be a long haul up and then 2+ weeks coming back early September seeing the sights.

 

[CarKeys]

We've travelled on roads where there's 250 miles between gas stations. Not open 24 hours either. Depending on where you travel, range anxiety is definitely not just an EV thing...

Well : that's 70 - 85 miles more than E- Promaster between stops .

 

[Baxsie]

I don't think electric vans are there yet for long distance traveling.

Where EVs really shine is the everyday car that you take to town or to work or whatever. That can reduce your fuel and maintenance cost to a very small amount.

We regularly take our Kia EV-6 ~600 miles roundttrip across Washington State, but this is along a major freeway and we know the charging stops so there's no range anxiety.

Something like the RamCharger natively built into a van platform would be interesting. However, the series hybrid design gives up the simplicity of not having an ICE engine at all. It's kind of the worst of both worlds in some ways, the best of both worlds in other ways.

 

[GaryBIS]

Late August I'm heading to the Dempster HWY, NT to Tuktoyaktuk: ~500 miles of gravel with a gas stop in the middle! I just gotta have that photo of me standing in the water next to my van next to the Arctic Ocean sign.

I'm used to long drives since most of my favorite destinations are 600-1600 miles from home. Once there I prefer less driving and more hiking/exploring/camping. Going to Tuktoyaktuk will be a long haul up and then 2+ weeks coming back early September seeing the sights.

The Dempster is amazing - I think we are going to give it another go in early fall.

Even the Dempster Hwy is growing some chargers - albeit slow level 2 chargers.
From PlugShare

Interesting EV on the Dempster story...Gary

 

[offgridengineering]

Nice Plugshare map, and Larry I am so jealous...
We just got back from a 1500 mile loop up to Banff and it was beautiful!

If you map Whidbey (my place) to Dawson, it's fast chargers all the way EXCEPT for one 4.5h stop at a Level 2. So it's there for EV vans...if you are patient. And at my age, patience is a feature not a bug. Thanks in large part to BC Hydro, Flo and Tesla.
Plughare is your friend on road trips, but I'd second that vote for ABRP. It's my primary mapping tool, finding all the good stuff, including chargers, along the way.

Tim