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More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars.

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[–] andyburke@fedia.io 17 points 5 months ago (13 children)

They write articles for people worried about 300 miles ranges who drive 40 miles a day the vast, vast majority of days.

Is it any wonder the coverage is awful?

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago (11 children)

How frequently would someone need to make a 200+ round trip in lousy weather that cuts into the range for them to have a valid reason? Once a month? Every two weeks?

What about people that go to temote areas that don't even have gas stations? How often do they need to go?

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 8 points 5 months ago (10 children)

I have a car that I mostly use for just trips around town. But once or sometimes twice a year, I go on a thousand-kilometer-or-so trip to visit some relatives. Assuming for whatever reason that this wouldn't work with an EV, you can say "well that's one trip a year you won't be able to go on."

But that trip is important to me. It'd be a huge negative not being able to do that, or a really big expense to rent a car capable of the trip. I wouldn't switch exclusively to an EV if it wasn't able to make that trip, because I have a car that can do it right now.

It's a real concern.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago

for a once a year trip I would just rent. Same reason why you don't need to buy a truck because just in case you need to move, you jsut rent a U-haul for that occasion.

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