Most people aren’t road tripping in their electric vehicle every day.
They can’t road trip ever if the vehicle doesn’t have sufficient range. I don’t understand how you can even be in this conversation when you don’t understand basic principles like this.
If you don’t understand how temperature affects battery chemistry, capacity, and charging
I understand how it affects all of these. It doesn’t cause any of it to “not charge properly”. EVs are used in the coldest places in the world with no major charging problems.
I’ve driven from Madison, WI to Chicago in an EV with ~100 mile range in cold weather. Wouldn’t be my first choice, but I was in a pinch at the time. It can work, but getting a reliable charger network is the biggest problem. Made three stops to chargers that were broken or inaccessible for various reasons.
That was a couple of years back, and I think it’d go a bit smoother now. The Chicagoland area has reasonably good charger network outlays (much better than Minneapolis, which is a joke). Still wouldn’t be my first choice, but it’s workable.
I almost feel like you need two cars unless you are a 100% urban driver. An EV for commuting (with a plug at work) and shopping would make sense and a 2nd car, preferably some sort of hybrid, for everything else.
My wife has a Nissan leaf with 60 mile range for commuting, I have an old gas hatchback we can take for road trips. Before going off about how rich and privileged this setup is, the Leaf was purchased for 6k, 4k after tax rebates. Hatchback was purchased for 6k 9 years ago.
They can’t road trip ever if the vehicle doesn’t have sufficient range. I don’t understand how you can even be in this conversation when you don’t understand basic principles like this.
I understand how it affects all of these. It doesn’t cause any of it to “not charge properly”. EVs are used in the coldest places in the world with no major charging problems.
I’ve driven from Madison, WI to Chicago in an EV with ~100 mile range in cold weather. Wouldn’t be my first choice, but I was in a pinch at the time. It can work, but getting a reliable charger network is the biggest problem. Made three stops to chargers that were broken or inaccessible for various reasons.
That was a couple of years back, and I think it’d go a bit smoother now. The Chicagoland area has reasonably good charger network outlays (much better than Minneapolis, which is a joke). Still wouldn’t be my first choice, but it’s workable.
Not sure what your point is. I never said anything to the contrary.
Not sure how you are being downvoted. You’re absolutely right. Everyone I know that wants an EV wants more range.
I almost feel like you need two cars unless you are a 100% urban driver. An EV for commuting (with a plug at work) and shopping would make sense and a 2nd car, preferably some sort of hybrid, for everything else.
My wife has a Nissan leaf with 60 mile range for commuting, I have an old gas hatchback we can take for road trips. Before going off about how rich and privileged this setup is, the Leaf was purchased for 6k, 4k after tax rebates. Hatchback was purchased for 6k 9 years ago.
I’m glad that works out for you.