09-12-2011, 12:15 AM
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.
i don't know the limit of current electric vehicles but they'd clearly need to be able to go 90-95%+ of the majority of trip distances. macphanatic excluded since he's on the road far more than joe average american.
I suppose you have never gotten lost. I don't think I want to be worrying about my batteries going flat in the middle of a flash mob on Broad Street.