My wife and I currently own one EV. We live in the U.S. Midwest where winter months do have an impact on battery performance. Our other car is my older 2002 Honda CR-V. It has over 187k miles on it, but has been very reliable, usually just requiring general maintenance and replacements as the years and miles have come. We have two older dogs that occupy the back of the car for longer road trips. Given announcements of solid state batteries arriving in a few years or so, I am deliberating between buying a compact SUV EV in a couple years or waiting for 3–4 years to see of solid state batteries have arrived in vehicles from good automotive brands. I would be curious what others think. Feel free to share your own situation too.
If you replace your remaining ICE car with an EV, do you have any concerns about range? For example, I am super eager to replace my commuter vehicle with an EV once I can financially do so, but we will keep one ICE car in the household for long road trips.
That’s our current model & approach. We do 90% at least of our driving with current EV and use the 2002 Honda CR-V for long road trips, especially those that are away from current charging infrastructure.