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   😀🚲 (enobacon@urbanists.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Mar-2025 16:26:47 JST 😀🚲

   Are people using their #EV range for 200-mile trips between cities or is it more like commuting 30-40 miles per day and driving 20-50 more some days for random errands? How many of the trips are less than 3-5 miles and just add up to being too inconvenient to plug in at work or between longer trips?

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     Stanley Black-Decker (pleaseclap@urbanists.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Mar-2025 16:26:44 JST Stanley Black-Decker

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     @enobacon That's basically exactly it: just like people overestimate how often they really need a pickup truck, they over-estimate how often they drive long distance

     Really you don't even need a special range extender: if most people had an EV as a daily driver and rented a gas or hybrid car a couple times a year when they actually need it, it would be a massive emissions reduction

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     😀🚲 (enobacon@urbanists.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Mar-2025 16:26:45 JST 😀🚲

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     • Stanley Black-Decker

     @pleaseclap I'm wondering if daily use drives the desire for 300-500 mile range, or if that's just a few trips per year. When do we get the rooftop biodiesel turbine range extenders? Or liquid hydrogen fuel cells? Advantages of smaller battery, entry cost, and less weight rolling around in town while being able to rent/lease a distance extender.

     Steve's Place repeated this.
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     Stanley Black-Decker (pleaseclap@urbanists.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Mar-2025 16:26:46 JST Stanley Black-Decker

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     @enobacon I understand they're being used more or less like cars; 60% of car trips are 5 miles or less

     <2% are greater than 50 miles