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2. An electric car is very good at knowing at knowing what level your battery will be at when you reach your destination. Range anxiety is not a lack of knowled
by Eddy_Viscosity2 3y ago
2. An electric car is very good at knowing at knowing what level your battery will be at when you reach your destination. Range anxiety is not a lack of knowledge.
The EV cannot predict the future like unexpected detours, sudden change of plans, traffic jams on a hot/cold day where you need to keep the AC/heater running for long periods, and so on. A whole state is a big place and many areas have very sparse charger coverage - it took a hundred years to build up all the gas stations we have now. And its not enough to just build charging stations because the electric generation capacity in many area will also eventually need to be increased (not cheap or easy) as thousands and then millions more EV tap into them for power. This is a very big infrastructure issue and it is a bad idea to increase the EV population faster than the its supporting infrastructure can handle.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoSure, but you know what your margin is for the unexpected. If it says you will have 100km of range at your destination, that's how much range you have for detours etc. 120V plugs are everywhere and far more common than gas stations and work great for those once in a decade type experiences. The infrastructure already exists.
- dzhiurgis 3y ago> unexpected detours, sudden change of plans Applies to ICE cars too > traffic jams That actually reduces battery use > on a hot/cold day That indeed is predicted already