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>Hardly anyone needs 600 miles and no one seems concerned that it takes an hour to add 300 km because most people charge overnight. I could do with a 200km ran
by lodovic 5y ago
>Hardly anyone needs 600 miles and no one seems concerned that it takes an hour to add 300 km because most people charge overnight.
I could do with a 200km range for my daily commute, but I also have a camping trailer that I'd like to use at least once every year for a 1000km+ trip. This is just not feasible with the current generation of EVs. I could imagine loading up the camping trailer with batteries to give me that 1000+ km range, though that will increase the weight and recharging at the destination is usually impossible.
- nickspacek 5y agoThis isn't the convenient answer we want, but I keep thinking that personally I should invest in a vehicle that suits 90% of my transportation needs, and plan to rent for the other 10%. It is likely the better financial approach, although it's definitely not a silver bullet.
- mkbosmans 5y agoThe issue with that approach is that renting is a lot more expensive than owning a car long-term. Something like 4x. This means that the small car you buy should be at least 40% cheaper than the car you would originally have bought and are now renting 10% of the time. At that price difference you are probably giving up on a lot more than just range and towing capacity for your daily driver.