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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 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.