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On the flip side, replacing the battery on EV can also be an incredibly expensive thing to do, but in saying that when you have the likes of Tesla putting a 1 million mile guarantee on their batteries. Good luck doing that much driving in under 25 years, let alone 15.
There was a good mini series done by the Fully Charged crew with a youtube personality called Maddie who went from a petrol car to running on purely electric. Covers all the issues they expected to come into (but never did) and how life has been running an electric car.
If your in the market for buying a new car today and you have a drive way, your mental if you go for anything other than an electric car. Unless you do excessive mileage, even then a high end EV will probably do comparable distance to a high end Petrol/Diesel car.
Telsa Model 3 = ~350 miles per charge
BMW 5 Series = ~390 miles per tank p (~30mpg), ~500 miles per tank d (~45 mpg)
Either way a rest break for food/toilet would be required if you were doing that much driving in one stint, the EV can be charged from 0-80% in about 30 minutes, plenty of time to eat and do your business. The BMW could be refueled in 5 minutes, but not while your taking a dump.
I think you are missing the point. I have no doubt that an EV now can basically do everything a ICE can do bar super long distances. Eg European road trips and business use. Also maybe I am a minority but I very rarely stop for "rests" and will not stop for anything less than a four hour drive so at least for me untill an EV has the range of 500 miles and can refill in minutes it's a no with my circumstances as I quite often drive the continent these days. Why do I need to replace with a car that is still inferior? Price savings are negligible as how much more does a model 3 cost compared to similar speced 3 series? A quick Google suggests a 10 grand premium.
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