Agreed. I often say that the only people with 'Range Anxiety' are those that do not own an electric vehicle.
As you rightly say - the 45 minute comfort/food break is easily enough time to charge.
I have done long road trips (1200 miles, Toronto to Orlando) over 2 days with comfort breaks and food breaks mostly falling in with charging. Never a problem.
Well said. I don't know who these people are who jump in a car every other day and drive 500 miles without a break. I don't know anyone who can do that or would be mad enough to try on the UK's (fairly) congested roads.
It is always just people not wanting change, and that is a flaw we all have, and being prepared to invent any argument they can not to change.
Always an interesting read, Robert! I have a *whispers* petrol car, and would swap in an instant if I wasn't financially wrapped up in the thing. The problem I have with cars is how much of my life is whittled away in them - I work in a school, so the summer is a welcome reprieve from commuting, but the moment September rolls around, the misery of endlessly repeating the same journey returns. I actually enjoy driving when I don't *have* to do it haha...
Excellent perspective and as an EV driver since 2017 I've run out of juice once (stupidly 1/2 mile from home) in a 24KW Nissan Leaf with a range at the time of 90 miles.
I've had my EV for nearly five years. I've covered long distances, and it's never been a problem.
People with ICE cars are just used to the fact that because they can refill their tanks in 5 minutes whenever their cars tells them without them having to plan, that using an EV implies a massive burden of extra thought when it doesn't once it becomes routine. I'm thankful in a way that eventually everybody will have to use an EV and come to realise it's not a big deal.
I personally would never go back to ICE- I love the acceleration of an EV which often glides me past those users with all their gear-changing to deal with, and it's also a much quieter journey at lower speeds. And I too can charge for nothing from the excess solar from my panels which I've had for 13 years so far.
Agreed. I often say that the only people with 'Range Anxiety' are those that do not own an electric vehicle.
As you rightly say - the 45 minute comfort/food break is easily enough time to charge.
I have done long road trips (1200 miles, Toronto to Orlando) over 2 days with comfort breaks and food breaks mostly falling in with charging. Never a problem.
Well said. I don't know who these people are who jump in a car every other day and drive 500 miles without a break. I don't know anyone who can do that or would be mad enough to try on the UK's (fairly) congested roads.
It is always just people not wanting change, and that is a flaw we all have, and being prepared to invent any argument they can not to change.
Always an interesting read, Robert! I have a *whispers* petrol car, and would swap in an instant if I wasn't financially wrapped up in the thing. The problem I have with cars is how much of my life is whittled away in them - I work in a school, so the summer is a welcome reprieve from commuting, but the moment September rolls around, the misery of endlessly repeating the same journey returns. I actually enjoy driving when I don't *have* to do it haha...
Excellent perspective and as an EV driver since 2017 I've run out of juice once (stupidly 1/2 mile from home) in a 24KW Nissan Leaf with a range at the time of 90 miles.
I've had my EV for nearly five years. I've covered long distances, and it's never been a problem.
People with ICE cars are just used to the fact that because they can refill their tanks in 5 minutes whenever their cars tells them without them having to plan, that using an EV implies a massive burden of extra thought when it doesn't once it becomes routine. I'm thankful in a way that eventually everybody will have to use an EV and come to realise it's not a big deal.
I personally would never go back to ICE- I love the acceleration of an EV which often glides me past those users with all their gear-changing to deal with, and it's also a much quieter journey at lower speeds. And I too can charge for nothing from the excess solar from my panels which I've had for 13 years so far.