Yep. People in the city, EVs are fine. For those of us who haul or have to drive farther than 20 miles it becomes an issue. It’s not there just yet for us. I’m still holding out for hydrogen ICE motors.
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Hyperlon@lemmy.world 4 months agoI’d rather not refuel in -20F weather on a single trip. Add in a trailer and a road trip becomes a charging trip with intermittent driving.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Diplomjodler@feddit.de 4 months ago
Where do you get the idea from that an EV only has 20 miles of range? Have you ever even seen an EV let some driven one?
SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Uhh where did I say that they only had 20 mile range? I said for those of us who have a drive that’s farther than 20miles one way. Most of people who travel usually do 45-60 miles just going to and from work daily. Then you add in errands, the range needs to be better.
die444die@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I agree that increased range would be better - I’ve had cars (diesel) that could get nearly 600 miles on one tank and that allows you to do a lot more wandering though the countryside that is just not possible in an ev in the rural US. But it’s way more than 20 miles. Did you mean 200 miles?
I’m currently on a road trip in my 2021 EV and it can definitely be made to work, but it is definitely limiting on any spontaneous side excursions you find, which can be a pretty big bummer.
Double the range would definitely be appreciated for my use cases.
Diplomjodler@feddit.de 4 months ago
Yeah, we should make all our infrastructure decisions based on the rarest edge cases.
Hyperlon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You do what you want. But I’ll make my infrastructure decisions based on my edge cases. Others will as well. Sometimes those edge cases are important to people.
frezik@midwest.social 4 months ago
Good thing we make decisions based on something that happens for a few days out of the entire year.
Hyperlon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This isn’t like the consequences of adding a water filter means you now have to change a water filter every year, this is something that would turn a vacation into something unenjoyable. Meaning it’s a decision that would make you give up that type of vacation if that’s your only car. It’s a sacrifice not an inconvenience.
frezik@midwest.social 4 months ago
See the math here: midwest.social/comment/6976296
You have to look for incredibly specific situations in North America for current EVs to not be able to make a stretch of road. We do need better charging infrastructure. Better batteries are desirable for many other reasons, but not required.
Hyperlon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Trailers have a habit of cutting the range by 66%. Someone I know has an EV and tows their bikes to a nearby city. They have to charge mid trip in both directions. That’s unacceptable to me and a lot of others. I’m fine with a vehicle with 300 miles of range. But 100 miles of range to tow a boat? I wouldn’t make it back without a recharge. Probably two charges because charging stations wouldn’t be anywhere near the lake in rural areas. So in that scenario I would have to give up boating for an electric vehicle because I’m not about to do that.