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Sounds reasonable. 180 miles (300 km) would last the average driver about one week. If charging options are plenty, fast and working well, this could be enough.
Totally insufficient for my use-case.
I commute 65 miles each way for work. Assuming a 50% range loss during the winter months, I'd need at least 195 miles of range at the barest possible minimum. I'd prefer at least 50 miles of buffer to account for any errands I might need to run in addition to the commute, that's 245 miles.
This is a fading way of life, not progress.
Less travel, more energy, more time, less carbon output.
Great. Mandate WFH and build public transit then. Until that's done, we need cars.
You're preaching to the choir, but until I can find a full-remote job that pays the bills I'm stuck with this.
Cold weather performance has to improve a bit too. That 300km can easily become 200 or less in a Canadian prairie winter, which isn't enough to be competitive with ICE vehicles, and given the state of charging infrastructure.
Don't forget that this article mentions that cars with shorter range will be more useful by 2030. There are still a few years to improve charging tech and infrastructure.
Right, but having to stop to charge midway through a 2-300 km trip isn't that practical for most around here. That length of drive isn't uncommon and stopping would be a turnoff for people used to doing the whole trip with an ICE vehicle.