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Fear Mongering About Range Anxiety Has To Stop — CT Governor Calls Out EV Opponents::Several state governors are fighting fear mongering as they attempt to reduce transportation emissions in their states.

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[–] UID_Zero@infosec.pub 49 points 11 months ago (46 children)

I was among those worrying about range until I spent 5 minutes thinking about what I actually do on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.

We'd still have my wife's ICE van, we both work from home, and 99% of the time my work-related travel is local (within 5 miles). My wife's van can pull the camper for our camping trips, or for our longer drives.

I have no good reason not to get an EV for my next car.

[–] FrostKing@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Genuine question, not meant to be an insult:

If most of your trips are within 5 miles, why would you drive? It seems excessive when you could just walk, or cycle, etc.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago

If it's work related I'd imagine time would play a big part of it. They're not going to walk up to 5 miles to the client and then 5 miles back. And it's not a good option if they have to take along something big and bulky or if the weather is crap.

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