I love having my truck that goes 600+ mile on a tank of gas. That being said, if I ask myself how many times I actually use it that way (600+ miles in one session) in a year, the answer is actually 3-4 days per year.
So when I see it must have a 400 mile range, I ask how often is that a requirement that that be done? Our family owns a cabin 265 miles away, one way... and I do that drive literally 10 times per year... And it is virtually never straight through. Theres a stop in there somewhere - to stretch, use a restroom, pickup supplies, eat, etc...
I firmly believe that if many people actually did a close analysis of their driving habits, they would be surprised at how much of it can be done via an EV... My baseline for that is a family member with a PHEV. They can go literally months without needing to buy gas. It gets plugged in at night in the garage. That's it... I will grant they don't use it for long cross country trips.
So while I like knowing that my truck can go for seemingly forever on one tank of gas, I can also see that the vast majority of what I do with it could be done with an EV... And that doesn't bother me.
Perhaps having an EV and an ICE is the solution - and where I believe I am headed sooner rather than later.
So when I see it must have a 400 mile range, I ask how often is that a requirement that that be done? Our family owns a cabin 265 miles away, one way... and I do that drive literally 10 times per year... And it is virtually never straight through. Theres a stop in there somewhere - to stretch, use a restroom, pickup supplies, eat, etc...
I firmly believe that if many people actually did a close analysis of their driving habits, they would be surprised at how much of it can be done via an EV... My baseline for that is a family member with a PHEV. They can go literally months without needing to buy gas. It gets plugged in at night in the garage. That's it... I will grant they don't use it for long cross country trips.
So while I like knowing that my truck can go for seemingly forever on one tank of gas, I can also see that the vast majority of what I do with it could be done with an EV... And that doesn't bother me.
Perhaps having an EV and an ICE is the solution - and where I believe I am headed sooner rather than later.