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Originally Posted by 1976gmc20
We are about 65 miles one way from decent shopping. So with running around in the city we are right up about 150 miles round trip. Now figure the extra drain from driving through mud or snow most of the year and you're pushing up against that 200 mile range round trip. Plus extra battery drain for cabin heat/defrost, or maybe A/C in the summer. It's already a long day just to drive there and get anything done and get back so there sure isn't time to wait for a recharge.
And for Montana, where we live is almost suburban. Folks on ranches up north a ways can be well over 100 miles to a real grocery store. And much of that will be on roads so bad that most folks would never even consider driving on.
And taking a long trip in an EV is just out of the question unless you want to spend 2 or 3 times as long getting there, and back.
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Yes sir. I know exactly what you mean. It’s something that unless you've lived it you can’t comprehend it. We were 72 miles from the nearest reasonable town up until about 8 years ago. I average 40-50k a year on my company truck driving within about a 200 mile radius. There’s no way an EV would ever cut it in my line of work currently. You very very rarely ever see a Tesla here or even a bolt or similar for that matter for that very reason. I’ve never even seen a charging station here.