• comador @lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    I love EVs and still lease one, but they’re horrible for family’s needing to travel thousands of miles to take holiday/vacation or to see family.

    Broke down and literally just sold my Kia EV6 to get a Toyota Highlander Hybrid: zero regrets. There’s still real world use cases for gas cars still.

    • bountygiver [any]@lemmy.ml
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      10 days ago

      Do you drive all thousands of miles in 1 single session? You the driver needs resting and that’s like the perfect time to charge them back up.

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        10 days ago

        Yeah, I live in the SF Bay Area and we’ve driven our EV to LA and Vegas. The stops are fine.

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        10 days ago

        I’ve driven over 1,000 miles down the east coast without too much inconvenience.

        It’s not just that people don’t really take as many road trip ps as they claim, but also a lot of them are quite doable. Of course we need a lot more infrastructure, but we do have a usable amount in many places. Of course a lot of geography is underserved, but that’s a small percentage of the population