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Tangentially gas cars are convenient because you just don't have to think about the length of your next trip: there will be gas available wherever you go. Long

Tangentially gas cars are convenient because you just don't have to think about the length of your next trip: there will be gas available wherever you go. Long trips with an EV require planning due to missing infrastructure, longer "fueling" times, and shorter ranges. But if we break out off the assumption that you can go anywhere any time in your electric car because there's another option available (rental? ride sharing? public transportation?) and EVs are at least for now meant for shorter trips then it becomes less of an issue. But you're right - the freedom to just hop in an EV and go isn't here yet. I look forward to when it is. Can't come soon enough for me.

ntsplnkv2 6y ago
If we break off the assumption of what most consumers want, sure. But then what would be the point?
- jeromegv 6y ago
  Over 80-90% of trips are very short in distance. Long distance trips are more of an anomaly for huge majority of people.
  - bluGill 6y ago
    Long trips might be an anomaly, but they are a common one in that every person I know takes a couple every year. So a good answer needs to exist or the whole thing dies.
  - whatever1 6y ago
    Over 99% of the time I have 2 people in my car. Yet, I got a car with 4 seats.