The EV evolution is going to take longer than we thought

Re:The EV evolution is going to take longer than we thought by kwhitefoot on Sunday September 01, 2024 @03:48PM (#41419774)

If your commute is only 9 km each way then every EV now sold will do a a whole week or perhaps two of commuting plus shopping, etc., on a single charge.

The 16 kmiles/year quoted by the Frontier Group is not really all that much. It's an average of only 70 km per day. I know several people personally who commute daily further than that here in Norway and I see plenty of people doing it in EVs.

Again most current EVs can do at least four days of that on a single charge. Certainly my ancient 2015 Tesla S70D can and most newer cars have more range.

The mean distance probably obscures a distribution which includes a minority that drives far more than the average, it would be interesting to know the median distance too.

I've just returned to Norway from France in my Tesla. It was 2 700 km (almost 1 700 miles) and charging was not a problem.

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Re:The EV evolution is going to take longer than we thought by SubiculumCode on Sunday September 01, 2024 @04:05PM (#41419914)

I agree re median and mean. I suppose the other reason for the U.S. against adoption is their love for large vehicles..

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Re:The EV evolution is going to take longer than we thought by dreamcompiler on Monday September 02, 2024 @09:51AM (#41425384)

> It was 2 700 km (almost 1 700 miles) and charging was not a problem.

1700 miles is two trips across Texas (which can also be done in a Tesla without a problem). I live in the US and the distances here compared to Europe still occasionally shock me.

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