09-11-2011, 11:02 PM
mattkime wrote:
[quote=Dakota]
[quote=mattkime]
I think one of the biggest selling points of an electric car is not needing to stop for gas.
How is stopping to recharge any different? Remember that a 40 mile charge is really a 20 mile range because you have to spend the other 20 just to get back home.
the vast majority of trips are within that limit.
In retrospect they are. Excuse the fumbling language. What I am trying to say is that while a majority of those trips are, in reality being limited to a 20 radius miles is crippling. Having to plan everything out and making sure that no way the car discharges completely. No "Hey, let's go over here" or "An emergency just popped up. I have to go pick up my kid." situations. As long as everything stays perfectly normal, a 20 miles radius, back and forth, isn't too much of a limitation. But if something happens, it is a huge limitation and a tow charge.