Here's the thing, electric is not conducive to long range travel.

I drive a total of 20 miles a day when my kids are in school and 7 when they aren't. I'd almost never have to plug in a vehicle if it included solar panels. At worst, I'd charge once a week.

That said, it would basically render long distance trips useless. Fast charging is great in theory... until you get to the charger and the line is 3 deep. Maybe you'll see trailers with 2-3 vehicles worth of batteries for long range trips, but that will be cost prohibitive.

Right now I drive 2 paid off vehicles. One gets 12 mpg on my daily commute and the other 18. While gas is expensive, I can drive a LOOOONNNGGG way with my current vehicles on $60-80K + several thousands in housing mods to put in a charger worth of gas and oil changes.

"Cheap" oil is going to make me keep driving. A decent electric vehicle for $20k and I'm in. High oil prices aren't going to make me buy a new vehicle, they're going to make me ask to work from home.

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Here's the thing, electric is not conducive to long range travel. -- hokiehunter07 03/08/2022 11:00AM

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Here's the thing, electric is not conducive to long range travel.

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