Comment by Andys
4 years ago
I thought this until I looked at the histogram of private car trip lengths. The vast majority of trips are very short. Its unlikely they're all being done on the same day.
4 years ago
I thought this until I looked at the histogram of private car trip lengths. The vast majority of trips are very short. Its unlikely they're all being done on the same day.
Next time you have to bug out because there's a hurricane coming, and it's after your commute, so you haven't had time to charge the car, are you going to be regretting your choice? It's 95F out, humid, and your car AC is going full bore as you creep along in traffic to get out of the area.
Yes, that is not an average situation, but there's a lot of peace of mind not having to think about it at all. By the time I get down to 250 miles in my ICE, I can fill up in 5 minutes, but still have a very comfortable margin for anything that may happen.
And, worst case, if I run out of gas (never happened in my lifetime)? I can get a gallon of fuel and drive away. How does that work with an EV?
Sounds like a very US specific problem to me.
A reasonable US-specific problem. EV limitations like this are are why millions of people aren't currently interested in buying EVs. Compared to ICE, and EV car is more expensive, and essentially has the "road trip" feature removed.