I’m asking this without bias. Just genuine curiosity. Cause I don’t understand (hence eli5 lol). Why are they being pushed right now when it’s known that almost all EVs have ranges that are quite low? Compared to the amount of miles one may get with a full tank of gas that is.
Surely they would focus more on increasing the amount of range per charge to match what you can get in terms of gas in a newer gas powered car (closer to 500). Instead of setting laws in place to phase gas out before electric is even fully developed.
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Most people don’t constantly need long range vehicles. They need to get around town and they need to get to work and back. And depending on where you are going , in the long stretches of high traffic corridors there are charging stations often enough to drive in the morning and charge while you are having lunch or something similar. Besides, the people who are doing the “pushing” aren’t the same people who are doing the driving. Lots of folks who have EVs get frustrated with the charging situation. But people are using them for status symbols and virtue signaling and because they want to be part of the energy transformation or whatever other reason.
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