Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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[–] eltrain123@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

So… my 2kwhr battery provides about 6 miles of range.

You can use solar to get a little bit of mileage, but you aren’t talking much more than 20-25 miles a day under optimal conditions.

I’m not saying that putting solar panels and a battery/inverter/charge controller isn’t worth it, but it’s not good enough for most people to use to power travel. It would take a lot of charging to offset the purchase cost. I think I generally spend about $10-20 a month on electricity when I’m not traveling and charging at home and my setup cost around $1200 and an afternoon of install. The only reason it was a good solution for me was that I was working remotely and traveling all across the country. I spent most of my time in national or state parks, so I was stationary for 4-7 days at a time and it powered all of computer and cooking electronics.