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Ed Pawlowski wrote
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Ed Pawlowski wrote

Why? If it gets me where I want to go, it does not matter.
If range drops from 300 miles to 200 miles I can still make
my 20 mile trip today. Non-issue for most of us.

But not my 1200mi trip, or the 500mi trip next month.

Never said it is perfect for everyone in every circumstance.
I make a 2499 mile trip a few times a year and no, I'd rather
not do it in an electric with present range.

The average commute to work in the US is 16 miles,
or a 32 mile round trip. For most, no problem.

But we don't buy a car for each task. One has to do it all.

Many do. I now have one car but for years I had two. Would
be easy to use one for the long trips and the other for the short
stuff. Good friend of mine has two cars. One gets an occasional
100 mile run, the other never goes more than 20 miles.

Just because it does not suit your every need does not mean it is not
the perfect car for others. I know a guy that does not even have a car.
Two or three times a year he rents one. Just as I know people with
pickups and the most it ever carries is two bags of groceries.

Seems like people have a once or twice a year circumstance and therefor
nix the idea for everyone. Makes no sense, you are smarter than that.

One thing conspicuously absent from this
discussion among old men is demographics.

We'll all be dead before gas runs out.

Not everyone is a self centered selfish
arsehole like you and Muggles, fortunately.

Some even have kids and grandkids too.

Young people are not embracing driving
in the numbers they used to. Fewer have
driver's licenses; fewer still own cars.

BULL****. I dont know a single one that doesnt.

I used to, but even he now drives every day.

Many of them are content to call for a ride
or rent a car when they need one. If they
want to get to a city 300 miles away, they fly.

**** all of them never drive.

Short-range electric vehicles might be much more palatable
to those who will be driving after we've laid down our car keys.

ICEs are still much better for them because they can
do all the trips better and even if they mostly uber
etc those are still better ICE, Some engineer you are.