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by Anasufovic 3473 days ago
Is there really a case for range anxiety in America? Getting exact numbers seems to be difficult but here in California it's about 15 miles each way. Seems like even the cheaper vehicles could handle this with a weekly charge.
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Like other kinds of anxiety, it may not be fully rational :)

But one reason I own a nice car is to effortlessly drive across the state and to distant states with the comfort, power, etc of a modern car. "Just rent a car for those longer journeys" becomes less compelling when it's more than a handful of times a year.

For my commute, I could just keep driving the same 15 year old car forever -- though the butt warmers and bluetooth and so on of newer cars is a "nice to have".