If it’s a business trip where time matters where you can’t afford to loose 25 minutes every few hours, why are you driving instead of flying?
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themeatbridge@lemmy.world 9 months agoIt’s not a big deal if you’re only driving a few hours. Longer trips, especially business trips, yes that’s a big deal.
Not to mention, the real world tests don’t support the stated driving ranges for most models. Ideal conditions hardly ever exist in the real world.
You999@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Because planes won’t drop you off at the client’s house, even when you ask nicely.
You999@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
But it’s still going to be fast (and cheaper with wages factored in) to fly and then use one of the countless ‘last mile transportation’ options available when the distance is greater than an EVs range while you can’t afford to loose time to charging. The only exceptions I see is those jobs who need tools/supplies on site in which case you are almost definitely taking a fleet vehicle and this whole problem is moop.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I appreciate you trying to problem solve someone else’s job so that your preferred solution makes sense, but have you considered that maybe you don’t have all the answers?
Flights aren’t cheap.
Contractors pay for their own transport.
Contractors aren’t hourly.
Most small businesses don’t have “fleets.”
The “last mile” could be 6 hours from the nearest commercial airport.
Direct flights don’t always go where you need them to go or leave at convenient times.
You’re right about needing tools and supplies which was another reason flying was a non-starter, but a car is also a place where you can sleep in a pinch. If a job takes longer than expected, you might not be near a hotel, much less a charging station.
There are a lot of reasons I don’t do those jobs anymore, and I love working from home now. Less than a year ago, I looked for an EV or PHEV that I could afford and would fit four people and a dog. There weren’t any. That was my original thesis, that the cars are still too rare and too expensive for mass adoption. Charging networks are a sub-problem that requires attention, but fixing it won’t fix the primary issue.
femtech@midwest.social 9 months ago
I get more than the stated range in the summer and less in the winter.
KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 9 months ago
In the real world, people don’t regularly drive 600 miles in a hurry either.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Most people don’t, but some do. I did for a while, when I was working as a construction manager and then again as a generator technician. It’s a big country, with all kinds of people. I think you’d be surprised how many people frequently need to drive ling distances in a hurry.
macrocephalic@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m sure there are people, but I think you’d be surprised how few there are. The vast majority of people make long trips very infrequently - to the point that most could hire a car or find some other means for those situations.
KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yes, but if only those people who need that drove ICE cars, BEVs would have a 90% market share.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Sure, but first you have to make an EV that 90% of people can afford. And make enough of them for 90% of the market. And maybe do something about interest rates while we’re at it. Also, I could use a back rub. And world peace, maybe.