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> 93% of trips are less than 30 miles, but the vast majority of drivers take occasional trips that are beyond the range of an electric car

I live in a dense city and don’t own a car. For most of my regular trips, a bicycle is faster and more convenient than a car.

Any time we do rent a car, it’s for trips longer than 100mi. Weekend trips and such. An EV absolutely does not fit our usecase. We tried renting a Tesla once and it was … not great.

Yes we’re probably and edge case. But there’s lots of people living in dense cities. That’s why they’re dense.




As someone who lives in a fairly spread-out city, I still prefer bikes and public transit. Or skip the commute entirely and work from home.

I know that isn't true for everyone, but for me the edge cases are the only case for having a car at all.


Same situation and I live in a rural town (population 3000). The key is that we deliberately chose a town with good public transport.


> But there’s lots of people living in dense cities. That’s why they’re dense.

Well, some populous cities sprawl, especially if they were built a little more recently.




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