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To: barefoot_hiker
Seems like decent progress. But I won’t get real interested until someone comes up with an all-EV with a 200 mile range for $25K.

200 miles is enough for you? Not really, not for me. A rather routine trip for me is from GA to TN...then return trip on a later date. The distance is 250 miles. What am I supposed to be doing at some mid-point once or twice during the trip while the battery charges on my EV-only car? Charge it where? Charge it for how long? Slow charge VS fast charge? And, c'mon, 250 miles is a short drive across America.

Hah! I see a new Chevy Chase movie coming! "Drained Battery Vacation"?

I can't see EV-onlys ever being reliably acceptable for the touring public in all weather conditions and with safety considerations for trips longer than 50-60 miles or so...if that far.

122 posted on 07/24/2013 8:33:45 AM PDT by citizen (We get the government we choose. America either voted for Obama or handed it to him by not voting.)
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To: citizen

For me, 200 miles would satisfy 95% of my auto transport needs. I could rent a car for the infrequent longer trips or use my girlfriends’ car.

But yeah, 200 miles is too short for most people, and certainly way too short when used as a primary or only vehicle.


123 posted on 07/24/2013 9:06:38 AM PDT by barefoot_hiker
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