This past week the DrsC drove 550 miles on Wednesday and another 550 on Friday, much of it at posted legal speeds of 80 mph. Then, at lunch today we were talking about how that would not have been possible in an electric vehicle. Their batteries simply don't have the range.
I can see city dwellers having an electric vehicle to commute in, if their commute isn't too far. And their trips to the market, etc. tend to be brief as well. But with the emphasis on unreliable wind and solar power one couldn't be certain of getting a charge. Will employers be relaxed about this excuse for not showing up?
Those of us who live in rural areas aren't going to find electric vehicles practical, our distances are too great. And what about all the people who, during the recent pandemic, purchased RVs, or like us have had one for decades? I can't see pulling an RV with an electric car or truck.
Apparently there are people in Canada agitating for the abolition of pickup trucks, at least for regular people like us who don't need them for their employment. Good luck with that in the U.S., pickups are our biggest selling models of privately owned vehicles. Mine is my favorite set of wheels, I'll bet that is true for literally millions of voters, most of us deeply "deplorable."
