It’s really the only reason I haven’t bought one, as I regularly travel across Pennsylvania from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and especially in the wintertime I understand the range is even less because of the cold.
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My EV gets 300 miles. On the very very rare occasion that I need to travel that far, I check the route for a charging station and have had no problems. If I’m really concerned, it’s totally worth it to just rent a car for a road trip but again that’s like every few years. I’m saving so much money on gas and the cost of the vehicle (tax credits) and maintenance (there are so few parts that need servicing compared to a gas car) that this pays for itself many, many times over.
There’s not a super good ELI5 for this other than to say that gas is really dense with energy while batteries (so far) are a bit more energy-light. But again, 300 miles is totally achievable.
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