Uber? Lyft? Have them pick it up for you, and you retain that hour... On November 18, 2014 1:04:13 PM CST, Chris Tromley via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >FWIW, I still remember the day a week before a trade show when >something >went FUBAR on must-have-for-trade-show parts. I ended up driving over >80 >miles before lunch. It does happen, and I don't want to be making >excuses >for my EV. > >I'm thinking the public will be OK with 150 miles and happy with 200. > >Chris >On Nov 18, 2014 1:37 PM, "Ben Goren via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Nov 18, 2014, at 3:49 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> >wrote: >> >> > Range anxiety is often cited as one of the major reasons battery >electric >> > vehicles have yet to take off in the mass market. But does it >actually >> exist >> > in practice? >> >> That friend of mine whom I mentioned a week or three ago is, I think, >a >> typical example of how range anxiety expresses itself. >> >> Best I can tell, he's the ideal example of somebody who'd be happiest >with >> one of today's freeway-capable production electric vehicles. More >than >> enough range for what he actually drives, plus all of the other >advantages >> the rest of the choir here knows so well. >> >> But he's worried that there might be some random emergency with the >wife >> or kids or parents that has him driving all over creation on no >notice when >> he's already at work and thus used up a quarter of his range. >> >> I don't think he's ever actually _had_ such an emergency that a >typical >> electric vehicle would be unable to handle...but the fear remains. >> >> I think 200 might be the magic number for my friend and people like >him. >> Most people are going to think of that as a 100=mile radius, and >think of >> that as more than enough "Murphy factor" to not have to worry. Only >those >> with insane commutes are going to think of that as not being enough. >> >> Reality doesn't necessarily play much of a role in these sorts of >> decisions. I could suggest that, for the once-a-decade time (if that) >my >> friend actually needs to make that sort of an emergency excursion he >could >> easily hire a cab, and it wouldn't matter. "It's better to have it >and not >> need it than need it and not have it" is the mentality at work. >> >> b& >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: signature.asc >> Type: application/pgp-signature >> Size: 801 bytes >> Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail >> URL: < >> >http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141118/dc23c8be/attachment.pgp >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> >> >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141118/38c953c3/attachment.htm> >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
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