https://www.tomsguide.com/news/i-used-an-electric-car-to-drive-to-my-brothers-wedding-and-barely-made-it
The story of someone who stopped to recharge 4 times for a trip you wouldn't need to fuel up once to do in a gas car assuming you had your tank similarly full. That's not in an area where it gets cold, either. If it's -40C, you probably dropped the battery life in half again, and that's if you're lucky.
I actually like the idea of the Nissan leaf. I've been eyeing used ones for a while as an around town car, but we need to keep in mind that these cars can't be a panacea. There's a limited use case and they need to prove they actually can work under those circumstances. Some morons think we can ban ICE cars. That 4 charge trip would turn into 8 charges ostensibly of 45 minutes each in that car if I wanted to drive to the next city over, and that's if there are enough chargers which I doubt. It would turn a one day drive into maybe 3 days. Good luck with that!
The story of someone who stopped to recharge 4 times for a trip you wouldn't need to fuel up once to do in a gas car assuming you had your tank similarly full. That's not in an area where it gets cold, either. If it's -40C, you probably dropped the battery life in half again, and that's if you're lucky.
I actually like the idea of the Nissan leaf. I've been eyeing used ones for a while as an around town car, but we need to keep in mind that these cars can't be a panacea. There's a limited use case and they need to prove they actually can work under those circumstances. Some morons think we can ban ICE cars. That 4 charge trip would turn into 8 charges ostensibly of 45 minutes each in that car if I wanted to drive to the next city over, and that's if there are enough chargers which I doubt. It would turn a one day drive into maybe 3 days. Good luck with that!
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