On 9 Jul 2020 at 0:00, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > I've driven EVs since the 1970's, and have never needed them to go > over 50-100 miles on a charge ...When I need more range ... I use an ICE > car.
I don't disagree with this. I also think that media pieces about EVs have often made too much of "range anxiety." However, we're not typical of the world. Many places where EVs are advancing faster than here don't have the same percentage of households with multiple vehicles. For example, the UK's multiple vehicle household rate is about half of ours (31% vs 58%). In those places, "I use an ICE car" is more likely to mean renting or borrowing one. It's not impossible, just less convenient. So even though their countries are smaller and destinations often closer for them, folks in most other nations are more likely to need longer range EVs, or at least think they do. Also consider that as an EV ages, its range declines, range is always lower in winter, and advertised range is usually pretty optimistic. Practically speaking, you need an EV with at least twice your actual range requirement. If a 50-100 mile range is ample, you probably need an ev with a claimed range of 100-200 miles. Fortunately, that's where range is headed these days. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. -- Edward R Murrow = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
