Electric Vehicles’ Day Will Come, and It Might Come Suddenly

Re:Electric Vehicles’ Day Will Come, and It Might Come Suddenly by giobox on Sunday September 02, 2018 @01:11AM (#17895672)

Hybrid or not isn’t really the point.

A gas car refills to max range almost instantly. It just so happens this Camry example has particularly good range on one tank of gas by virtue of being a hybrid, but the point is no more diminished with any other ICE car. Many non-hybrid models will also comfortably manage 500+ miles on a single tank.

All that said, I suspect there is a “good enough” tipping point for EVs, especially now that we are seeing some manage ~300 miles on one charge, which is more than enough for many commutes/weekly shopping trips etc.

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Re:Electric Vehicles’ Day Will Come, and It Might Come Suddenly by greglindahl on Sunday September 02, 2018 @01:15AM (#17895683)

Uh, OK, I thought it was, but you're free to disagree.

I do agree that there's a ton of evidence that Tesla's S/X have plenty of range for most people to not be bothered by it. And it doesn't appear to matter to these folks that a hybrid would fill up faster, which brings us back to hybrids.

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