I wonder if range anxiety was a thing in the early days of gas cars before we had gas stations everywhere? Everyone has a range number that is "enough" for them the way they normally use a car and that will change as cars charge faster and chargers are more available. The one that will take the longest is vacation and long travel. The good news is after you get a charging station installed you don't have to truck fuel to it or get approval for an underground tank, so placement is more flexible. It's going to be faster and easier this time than when we built out our gas stations.

NACS will be a game changer. CCS v1 itself wasn't a bad standard but nearly all the charging networks using CCS had pretty bad reliability. If there is anything we can credit Tesla for doing right - it would be charging. Once Tesla becomes a viable option for non-Tesla cars, that will force other networks to ramp up support or go out of business.

All of these quoted ranges are based on optimal conditions, and are based on day 1. Living in Indiana in the winter time i wont be seeing those numbers until summer. Every time you rechargeable an EV, it loses a fraction of its capacity. Year one, the loss is not noticeable, by year 5, it could be 20%.

@JasonTaylor-po5xc

8 ай бұрын

The most range is lost in the first 6-12 months, then it levels out. By 10 years, you are around 10% loss, which is still pretty good. Winter driving is a legit concern but there are ways to work around that. First, pre-heat your car before driving it for the first time on a cold day. That will warm up the battery pack so it can accept regenerative breaking power and allow it to charge faster if you need to charge along the way. Depending on the car and the type of heating used, range can decrease by 20-30%.