[central_va]

Most families will need a gasoline powered vehicle for long trips of more than 50 miles.

[asinclair]

Most families will need a gasoline powered vehicle for long trips of more than 50 miles.

You assume no further disruptions in the current transportation marketplace.

• We already have trains that haul trailers cross-country. Why not cars? New revenue stream for Amtrak?
• Nothing prevents some smart cookie producing "fifth wheel" generators that can feed an electric (non-hybrid) car continuously. To reduce the number of moving parts, they can be turbines.
• For long trips, one may opt for a camper or RV. Instead of owning one, renting one. Just like people renting from U-Haul.

Be aware of tunnel vision. Even my contribution here has problems with tunnel vision, who can predict what solutions will take hold that we can't dream of today.

[Karma_Sherab]

Most families will need a gasoline powered vehicle for long trips of more than 50 miles.
like the goobermint will let you go more than 50 miles....

[redangus]

AOC won’t allow families to travel that far. In fact she may outlaw families.

[2aProtectsTheRest]

The latest Tesla has an EPA rated range of 402 miles (https://www.tesla.com/blog/model-s-long-range-plus-building-first-400-mile-electric-vehicle). And their V3 Supercharge stations allow up to 75 miles of charge in 5 minutes (https://www.tesla.com/blog/introducing-v3-supercharging). Not quite as quick as gas yet, but getting there. And how often do most people actually drive over 400 miles in a day anyway? The cheaper Model 3 has a 250 mile range and costs $38,000.

It doesn’t meet every need, but I think it meets the needs of most people. And other manufacturers aren’t sitting down just watching all this go on. I fully expect Ford and others to come up with very competitive options to push the ranges higher and the costs lower in the next few years.