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> does not allow for cars with what I would consider minimum for a single car family, in locations with real winters: 330miles EPA. * in the USA Our EV (our o
by audunw 6y ago
> does not allow for cars with what I would consider minimum for a single car family, in locations with real winters: 330miles EPA.
* in the USA
Our EV (our only car) has 100-150km real-world range (60-90miles). We have real winters. We can get everywhere we want to for daily driving. My grandparents has a cabin 2 hours away that we visit regularly in winter. We can get there one one fast-charge that takes less time than we use to buy groceries for the trip (fast-charger we use is next to a super-market).
I've borrowed my moms ICE car and a friends Tesla Model S for a road-trip across the country a couple of times though.
But Northern Europe does not have the same problem with suburban sprawl and lack of public transportation, people don't usually drive as far regularly, speed limits are lower (higher efficiency) and now there's fast-chargers everywhere.
- generalizations 6y agoI think this is a fundamental difference between European and North American perspectives: everything is so much closer in Europe, and so much farther away in NA.
- ben_w 6y agoThat’s certainly been my experience when I’ve visited the USA (I’m British and live in Berlin, have visited central and north CA, Nevada, Salt Lake City, NYC/Newark, Rhode Island and the Cambridge/Boston area).
- mhh__ 6y agoWell, the saying is that Europeans think 100 miles is a long way and Americans think 100 years is a long time.
- mr_cyborg 6y agoFor a point of comparison, in the state I live in in the US, you’re looking at 2-4 hours to a lot of vacation destinations. Many of which don’t have fast chargers along the way. In a normal pre-Covid year, I’ve driven upwards of 8-15 hours one way to go places, multiple times a year. Public transportation is available but far less convenient, and charging stations would add possibly hours on trips that length.