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mperhamyesterday at 9:36 PM1 replyview on HN

Yes, most people don’t drive 200 mi/day. It’s really ok.


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throwaway894345yesterday at 11:30 PM

Why do you imagine that average miles per day matters? I don’t drive anywhere near 200 miles/day, but any time I have to drive across the state (or farther) in the winter I have to recharge a lot more frequently, and the charging stations are busier and fewer in number (usually more are out of service in the winter either because the snow has drifted over them or because the cable was left in the snow and is now frozen over or a plow damaged the unit). Worse still, if you don’t have a charging cable in your parking space, you will have to drive to a charging station much more frequently (because the idle battery usage is much higher).

But yeah, if you have a garage with a charger and you never exceed your winter range then it’s fine, per my previous comment.

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