Our local Ford dealer, in a presentation to the Chamber of Commerce ostensibly to promote EVs, admitted their range was far shorter than advertised. He shared about a trip from Albuquerque to Grants in a Lightning (about 80 miles) and how they realized that they were not going to be able to make it back unless they recharged. Forty-five minutes in exciting downtown Grants waiting for the truck to get enough charge for them to get home.
His point was don’t buy an EV for road trips. In town travel only.
“I’m gonna get myself a 1967 Cadillac Eldorado convertible
Hot pink with whale skin hubcaps
And all leather cow interior
And big brown baby seal eyes for head lights (Yeah)
And I’m gonna drive in that baby at 115 miles per hour
Gettin’ one mile per gallon.”
(accreditation: Denis Leary song “Asshole”)