Keyword: hereswhathappened https://freerepublic.com/tag/hereswhathappened/ en-us Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:21:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 I Took America’s Cheapest EV Into the Charging Desert of the Deep South https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4400249/posts Readers challenged our columnist to take an affordable electric car on a route with less-than-ideal charging options. Here’s what happened. I’ve spent a few years torture-testing fancy new electric vehicles on 1,000+ mile journeys to unlikely locations, from mountains to Montréal, to see if they’re suitable for the Great American Road Trip. And they were.So readers challenged me to do something trickier: take a more modest electric car on the least EV-friendly route I could find.I took a 2027 Chevy Bolt—America’s most affordable EV—on a trip from Nashville to New Orleans, through several U.S. states with the fewest public EV... The Wall Street Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4400249/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:21:31 GMT