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by woolvalley 3088 days ago
The big long range use cases in California is San Jose-Tahoe (with its mountain climb reducing range), LA-SF, LA-NV & SF-SD. So you would want a supercharger for those trips.

Also for car commuting in big metros, 40-60 mile one ways are common enough, which is 120mi round trip. The previous generation of affordable EVs had 80 mi ranges, which didn't work for those metros.
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Retric 3087 days ago
~8 hours charging at work is a plenty to top off after a 60 mile trip. However, 80 mile EV's are not designed for people with long commutes. I live 4 miles from work and their are charging stations in the office parking lot. So, based on my habits an 80 mile EV would cover 99% of my driving just fine.

However, I still think ~300 miles as the practical minimum because I do take longer trips and know I would occasionally forget to charge sometimes.

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woolvalley 3087 days ago
A lot of people don't have charging at work, so they have to charge at home. Or they might want to visit a friend that is 40 miles away who also doesn't have a charger.
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