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I will never buy an electric car until it’s feasible to drive across the country in it without the car dictating my schedule and route. It’s really that simple.
by nickysielicki 5y ago
I will never buy an electric car until it’s feasible to drive across the country in it without the car dictating my schedule and route. It’s really that simple.
I have a diesel truck right now and I can drive 400 miles on a tank easily, then spend 5 minutes at any gas station off the highway and be right on my way for another 400 miles.
The truth is that they have to put all this crazy luxurious tech into these cars to lure people away from thinking about the things that their old car can do that their new car will be incapable of.
- SamuelAdams 5y agoI see initial adoption targeting two car households. For example my spouse and I have a gas powered Honda CRV. It’s fairly new and we plan on keeping it for 10+ years. Just took it on a road trip across the country and it worked really well. The other car is gas powered, but we could totally replace it with an electric vehicle. Most day to day driving is in a city, and we drive less than 20 miles a day total. So having a vehicle with a 200-300 mile range is ok for that. However if you are single and only have one vehicle then yeah getting an EV right now is probably not feasible if you do long road trips. I suppose you could fly or get a rental car for those once in a while trips though.
- aembleton 5y agoDon't you need to go for a pee or eat anything when you're doing those 400 mile stints?
- HWR_14 5y agoGoing 400 miles between going to the bathroom and eating seems perfectly reasonable. Especially if you have drinks and/or snacks in your car.