Dear Friends,
Thinking of buying an Electric Vehicle? Or not? Here is an interesting perspective.
A recent News You Times article (link below) talked about the expense and other issues surrounding the development of longer range batteries for EV’s.
This obsession with longer range capability is driving (no pun intended) the EV market.
However, you might ask yourself how often you actually need to drive 300 miles? The answer may be — not very often. With current supply chain issues driving prices of EV’s ever higher, more may not be better. If you look at your daily driving habits, I would bet that 100 mile range would satisfy your needs 90% of the time.
So why would you need 300 mile range? You plug in every night, and every morning you have a fully charged car, unlike gas powered vehicles. It’s nice not to have to worry about stopping for gas somewhere every few days, and the outrageous gas prices.
To me, if I had to do it all over again, in today’s environment, I would not buy an expensive long -range EV. I would buy an inexpensive short range EV and keep my hybrid Toyota plug-in. That way, for every day driving, I could use the EV, and if a long trip was necessary, the Hybrid. It is a great way to ease in to the EV environment without completely sacrificing the security of the Hybrid for longer range needs. Obviously, going completely electric is the ideal. But, the infrastructure and supply chain issues make it a bit dicey at this time.
So, as I have mentioned before, taking baby steps might be the answer. A short range EV (many used ones available) combined with a plug -in hybrid might be the ideal solution for now. Please give it some thought.
After all, we all wish to be “good ancestors” and protecting our climate for our future progeny is of utmost importance.
So do it for your …
Children, Grandchildren, All Future Generations and All Life.
Bill (Good Ancestor)
*Reference “You Want an Electric Car With a 300-Mile Range? When Was the Last Time You Drove 300 Miles?“, New York Times
“Proving that E.V.s can road trip may have been an important psychological hurdle for the technology to tackle, but it remains more psychological than real: the average American motorist drives about 40 miles per day and 95 percent of our car trips are 30 miles or shorter.”