Are you still whining about your "range anxiety"?

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There's a lot about those ladies pictured that an old man like myself admires even without any confirmation of my assumptions.
Primarily that they couldn't possibly have modern day issues. 😁

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Taken two years after women's suffrage. I think "you place your bets you take your chances" applies here.
 

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My hunch is that the majority of this trip was driven on the Lincoln Highway. Flat tires were probably a daily occurrence. The pictured Ford (estimated 1920) had fixed wheels and demountable rims. I suspect that somewhere in their vehicle are several extra tires mounted on rims, ready to use. When the roads were in good shape, Ford cars did 30mph. If these ladies had one advantage, in 1920 half of all cars were Fords. Thus, parts would have been fairly easy to come by.

One more thing..... This car was not equipped with shock absorbers. When asked if Ford cars had shock absorbers, Henry Ford replied "The passengers are the shock absorbers".
 

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I have experienced range anxiety mostly when traveling to a rural location. One example last year we traveled to rural Wisconsin the resort had a faulty 50a circuit that damaged my portable EVSE overnight. So, the car didn't charge and I did not have enough range to make it to another charger. With the EVSE being damaged I couldn't even charge through a 110v outlet. On a side note at the time there was not a DC fast charger within 100 miles of my location.

Honestly, I did freak out a bit. Ever since I won't let the car get to a place where I don't have an alternative. What was my solution? Facebook marketplace bought a EVSE locally and was able to get enough charge in @ 110v to make it to a better charger.

If i weren't an EV enthusiast likely the car would have been traded the next week.

To me that's range anxiety not being 100% certain I can change the car and then not being able to get to where you can. With an ice I don't need to plan at all with my EV I need to plan and have a backup plan. EV chargers are not as prevalent or reliable as a gas pump.
 
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Why is the world so binary for you. Why do you label people who have concern over available range from a battery in an electric vehicle as "haters"? What if such people just have a different preference for long distance travel that is unencumbered from detailed planning and contingency planning around fuel depots, that makes them bad people?

Lol.
Yeah, you seem to have ZERO hate.

The vast majority of not all of the people I hear discussing range and how much planning it takes and how inconvenient EVs are, are from people that don't like, don't own and usually hate EV's. You may live in a world where this isn't the truth but.....I doubt that. I also never said they or you were "bad". Interesting that you personalized it so much though
 

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Okay, we'll walk through this...

Some common synonyms of hate are abhor, abominate, detest, and loathe. While all these words mean "to feel strong aversion or intense dislike for," hate implies an emotional aversion often coupled with enmity or malice.

Malice. The intention or desire to do evil; ill will.

What is the full meaning of Evil?
a. : morally reprehensible : sinful, wicked. an evil impulse. b. : arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct.
LOL, okay man. When you have to resort to semantics it means you have no real argument to back up your original statement. I'll let you win on this as it seems really important to you.
You are right the people that complain about range are people that love and own EV's and I called them evil bad people. 👍
 

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depends where you live.
for folks on or visiting vancouver island, there are very few fast chargers. I only know of one.
there are places you cant go, since there isnt even an L2 at the destination.

doesn't bother me, as the corridor from vic to nanaimo is about all I use, and I can reach it all & back with a home charge & have lots left.

leaving the island and headed to the US west coast seems safe enough.

north of vancouver to northern BC is sketchy. Cross canada even seems sketchy.

I'd def. have range anxiety for trips, and not like I can toss a couple extra gas cans in the trunk :(

However I thought long and hard about my last 12 years needs here before I considered electric, and the MME is perfect for my needs.
 

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Range anxiety is a very legitimate cause of concern. I've taken two longer road trips in my Mach-E, one in summer and one in the dead of winter, and I barely made it. Ford's range estimator was waaay off.

The winter trip was from the northwestern suburbs of Chicago to Madison, Wi. I left with a full charge, 278 miles, and rolled into Madison, about 125 miles away, with roughly 50 miles left. I also micromanaged the HVAC just to ensure I would get there without any hassle. I had to spend 90 minutes charging at a level 3 at a Walmart just outside of Madison, and it cost me $40 to fully charge up. It was not a great experience.

The second trip was in June to downstate Illinois on a warm day. I left my garage with a full charge of 312 miles, drove about 160 miles, and got there with 77 miles left. The town is in the middle of nowhere, and we can barely get a cell signal on the outskirts. I also had my kids with me. Fortunately, the one Ford dealership in town just installed Level 3 chargers, which I had planned to use. The recharge took an hour in warm weather and cost me $50.

EVs aren't for everyone, and not many people want to deal with the hassle. EVs are great if you don't make many long trips. Also, there are plenty of stories where people pull up to a charger, and it's broken.
 

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Appropriate for talking about a 1922 event when people weren't so easily offended.
Do you not think that "dolls" would have been more time period appropriate? I seem to recall seeing a lot of 1920s-1930s movies where women were referred to as "doll" or "doll-face." 🤣🐩
 

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I'm pretty sure range anxiety is just an EV hater construct
When you've preconditioned the battery and cabin temperature in the Winter. Driven 80 miles to the airport, dropped off your better half then at 50 miles of the way back home the range and % isn't going to make it YES range anxiety is real and not a made up EV hater thing...
Had to turn off cabin heat to extend range and at 34F that wasn't fun, so much so that I offloaded my Mach-E asap and never looked back. I miss the instant response but that's it, I don't miss overnight updates that screw things up or a bouncy ride or a ticking timebomb in case the HVJB fails.... Range anxiety sucks and I had no idea EV's lost that must range in the cold, that wasn't common knowledge a few years ago!
 

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When you've preconditioned the battery and cabin temperature in the Winter. Driven 80 miles to the airport, dropped off your better half then at 50 miles of the way back home the range and % isn't going to make it YES range anxiety is real and not a made up EV hater thing...
Had to turn off cabin heat to extend range and at 34F that wasn't fun, so much so that I offloaded my Mach-E asap and never looked back. I miss the instant response but that's it, I don't miss overnight updates that screw things up or a bouncy ride or a ticking timebomb in case the HVJB fails.... Range anxiety sucks and I had no idea EV's lost that must range in the cold, that wasn't common knowledge a few years ago!
Never looked back? Seems like you’re looking right now.…
 

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When I had my Fiat 500e with <70mi range I constantly get range anxiety. It was a great daily work car. Now I only get range anxiety when I take road trips despite planning ahead but I get that even with my ICE. I’m just a nervous wreck.

Going on a road trip I have more anxiety now for not having a spare tire than anything else after experiencing 2 flats in less than 8k miles of owning MME. One was patchable the other time it was not.
 
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