cpa
Active Member
Ecarfan,
I would hesitate to dismiss the 50-mile spacing of fast or Supercharging suggestion made by mzpolo. Climate and other factors take a proportionately larger toll on energy usage as compared to an ICE. When the hoi polloi start embracing BEVs for daily and travel use they will need to have that reassurance that a charge is close. They won't bother to do trip planning or the mental arithmetic necessary to avoid running out of charge. (ICE mentality.) Navigation software can only do so much, and it cannot overcome people's ignorance, naivete or inattention to these sorts of details, especially today with a comparatively much shorter range than most ICE cars on the road today.
I would hesitate to dismiss the 50-mile spacing of fast or Supercharging suggestion made by mzpolo. Climate and other factors take a proportionately larger toll on energy usage as compared to an ICE. When the hoi polloi start embracing BEVs for daily and travel use they will need to have that reassurance that a charge is close. They won't bother to do trip planning or the mental arithmetic necessary to avoid running out of charge. (ICE mentality.) Navigation software can only do so much, and it cannot overcome people's ignorance, naivete or inattention to these sorts of details, especially today with a comparatively much shorter range than most ICE cars on the road today.