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Why Americans aren’t buying more EVs
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2024
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That’s what I’ve been saying for the last several years: give me a good commuter EV to replace my more commuter ICE. I still think two car households in single family homes are the ideal market, but i divorced my second car and spent a little more in the EV that can get me places. So far so good with road trips up to 3 hours, but we’ll see this summer with bigger road trips
Yeah, we regularly do 10+ hour road trips (10 to inlaws, 14 to my parents), and I think an EV would push those to 2 days. We take breaks for food every 300-400 miles (4-5 hours), so that's my range expectation between refuels (we'll sometimes refuel gas sooner if someone needs to pee). We usually eat in the car, but we could stop for 20-30 min once or twice without impacting much.
We occasionally do 2-3 hour trips (visit cousins, national parks), but it's usually short trips or very long trips. So a small EV + larger hybrid is our current ideal, but we currently have a small hybrid + larger ICE (looking to replace both).
Current EVs seem to be trying to replace our family car, when they should be replacing my commuter, at least until battery tech improves. The Leaf and Bolt are options, but they're kinda pricey new (used are looking very attractive).