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A study conducted by Columbia University Ph.D. students found that 93 percent of daily car travel done in America is within the battery range of electric vehicles.
The students analyzed data from the National Household Travel Survey where people reported the miles driven on individual trips and over the course of an entire day. The study found that 95 percent of one-way trips were 30 miles or less, far below the battery range of the EVs on the market today. Further, 93 percent of cars traveled less that 100 miles in a full day.
The 100-mile range mark is the standard goal for most automakers right now. Not every automaker has hit that mark exactly, but most are coming close. For instance, Nissan claims a 100-mile range for the LEAF, which applies to ideal driving conditions, while the EPA gave it a 73-mile range rating based on real-world driving. The Honda Fit EV, coming out this year, will have a range between 76 and 123 miles depending on driving conditions.
Battery range will continue to improve as technology moves forward and automakers get better at manufacturing EVs and as that happens, less and less people will be able to have "range anxiety."
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written by IT Rush, January 21, 2012
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written by scott sleight, January 21, 2012
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written by Ronald Brak, January 21, 2012
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written by Slowking, January 28, 2012
However, adding more cars to the mix does not improve environmental conditions. It just moves pollution from roads to power plants and battery manufacturers.
This argument gets really tiring. Even if you burn Oil in an old, unefficient plant, it will still be way more efficient than a gas engine. So EVs are a huge step up. All the othr things you list, really are pipe dreams, except maybe public transportation. But that will only really work in citys and not everybody lives in a big city.
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written by electronics recycling, February 07, 2012
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However, adding more cars to the mix does not improve environmental conditions. It just moves pollution from roads to power plants and battery manufacturers.
The biggest drawback in use of electric vehicles is not their range, but their use of batteries. Batteries are incredibly toxic to manufacture and recycle when they are depleted.
Furthermore, more cars, even more electric cars, means more roads, more car infrastructure, more pollution from tire rubber and bake linings, more congestion, more consumption. What we need is fewer cars, walkable and bikeable cities, communities with mixed zoning, less incentives to commute and more incentives to use public transportation.
Bowing to public dependence on private automobiles is unsustainable.