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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
No, charging speed is also important. What if you get home after using your car to near it's range, plug in then in get an unexpected all that requires you to drive somewhere?
True that could affect fuel too but you can then drive to a filling station and within minutes be ready to go again.
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No, it really isn't - not once you get the car's maximum range north of 600 miles (which is quite achievable if current research into lithium and calcium pays off - Tesla's best performing vehicles can already go well over 300). Who actually drives anywhere near that distance in a day? An electric car leaves home with a full tank every morning because it always charges overnight. You could do an insane 400 mile day trip and still have enough left to do an additional 200 miles if you get that call. In those circumstances the car wouldn't be the issue, it would be driver fatigue.