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Some 90% of journeys by vehicle are under 100 miles, well within the range distance of an electric car, a sizeable number of those being your daily commute. Th
by Twirrim 10y ago
Some 90% of journeys by vehicle are under 100 miles, well within the range distance of an electric car, a sizeable number of those being your daily commute.
The amount you save in gas money alone would easily pay for a gasoline rental for those occasions where you really do need more and can't possibly stand to wait for a recharge.
Alternatively things like the Chevy Volt exist which get you that interesting pairing of electric and gas generator (it recharges the battery using gasoline, which gets you away from the horribly inefficient variable speeds for combustible engines). The Electric motor will do you for 50something miles on a charge which still covers a good number of journeys, and with the full tank of gas you can get some 400 more miles out of it.
- msandford 10y agoIf it was 99.9% of all trips were under 100 miles then it'd be much easier. But I make between 5-10 trips a week. Statistically I'm going to have a range anxiety situation a few times a month, while making a car payment that's 6x higher.
- Johnny555 10y agoIf you regularly need to make 200 mile round trips without charging facilities on both ends, then you're probably not a good candidate for an EV at all. A plug-in hybrid is probably your best bet until there's more charging infrastructure. My household has 2 cars, and one of the cars stays under 50 miles for 100% of trips since we only use it for commuting.