boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIt’s time for Americans to embrace small carsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square398fedilinkarrow-up11.16Karrow-down190
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minus-squareStumblinbear@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoTo be fair, most people aren’t driving across the US on an even yearly basis, if ever in their lives.
minus-squareWintermute@lemmy.villa-straylight.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·1 year ago400 miles doesn’t get you halfway across a single state in the western US.
minus-squareStumblinbear@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoI think you underestimate how many people never leave their home city
minus-squaretastysnacks@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoYup, I’m OK with a Ranchero EV with a 150 mile range.
minus-squarechakan2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·1 year agoJust city to city is typically at least 150mi one way. Maybe on the southern coasts, if I was really a homebody, could I get away with something under 150mi range. There’s no way anyone in Texas is going anywhere in a standard range EV for example.
minus-squareStumblinbear@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI drove from Minnesota to Kansas in an EV. Wasn’t too bad, just a few stops to charge. I needed to eat and go for a walk, anyways
To be fair, most people aren’t driving across the US on an even yearly basis, if ever in their lives.
400 miles doesn’t get you halfway across a single state in the western US.
I think you underestimate how many people never leave their home city
Yup, I’m OK with a Ranchero EV with a 150 mile range.
Just city to city is typically at least 150mi one way. Maybe on the southern coasts, if I was really a homebody, could I get away with something under 150mi range.
There’s no way anyone in Texas is going anywhere in a standard range EV for example.
I drove from Minnesota to Kansas in an EV. Wasn’t too bad, just a few stops to charge. I needed to eat and go for a walk, anyways