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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Ya, see stuff like this makes me question exactly what will happen when everyone is in EV's. Summer road trips with everyone stopping to charge every 200km? Bike racks and trailers killing range? It convinces me even more that we should concentrate on lower range city cars where most people do the majority of their km. Hybrids and range extenders may make a lot of sense. That, and delivery vehicles and anything operating shorter range in the city. I think the Lightning is a great product, but it won't be replacing a tow vehicle for anything over a couple hours.
Will long range trucking ever work, unless they have range for a full day up to the driver's hour limits, when they can charge overnight?
When people see range numbers of 500km, and they have to drive 1000km, they'll think, ya, "I can stop once or twice at most for that trip." They won't think that after the 100% charge drains, they are in for misery.
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We are still far off everyone driving EV's. Hopefully by then battery capacity is considerably better. As of today EV's make for great city commuters and I would argue that makes up for at least half of most drivers today.