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Originally Posted by BigTuna
This is not a requirement at all. In fact one of the coolest things about electric cars is that they would eliminate trips to the smelly ole gas stations all together. For daily use you will charge at home overnight. On long trips you will not be driving a pure EV, you will be driving an extended range EV (like the Volt), a hybrid or plug in hybrid, an air-car (maybe), or a normal fuel burner.
If you take long trips often an EV might not be for you in the first place. My daily commute is under 40 miles round trip so an EV would be perfect for me most days.
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Sorry, but I find your opinion a little outdated and lacking vision. If regular production EVs are not for everyone, then why build them? If it's only a niche market thing, then why aren't people flocking to ZAP! and picking up their "Zebra"s? Not everyone is in a situation of being able to recharge overnight. Furthermore, your idea of EV recharging assumes that everyone will accept being stranded if and when the battery runs out. Alternately, if they are running out, do they race home with reckless abandon just to reach their power plug?
User-friendliness was the key to my position above. Hollywood actors and do-gooders aren't the only people in need of a renewable energy solution. And that solution has to be robust and versatile enough that heading out from the safety of home doesn't cause unnecessary worry about the logistics of completing the trip. Do you know why we don't have flying cars? It's not for lack of ingenuity. It is actually doable, but there is a problem in that when all else fails that flying car has to be able to safely land anywhere.