One of the more enduring myths about electric vehicles is that driving a full battery electric vehicle (BEV) means a worry-filled trip waiting to unexpectedly run out of energy, with no chance of a recharge to get home again. It’s a myth encouraged during the recent election campaign (“you’d be better off walking to Dubbo”) and ever since. But early adopter battery electric vehicle owners have long known that this is not the case.
Running out of charge turns out to be no more likely than running out of petrol. (Plus, if all else fails, power points are a lot easier to find than a jerrycan, funnel and organising a lift to/from a petrol station).
It is a different mindset to drive full electric (like I learnt with a hybrid) and you don’t run an EV right down to empty before every charge. In fact in many cases you are only going to charge to about 80% and go. But even given this at the rate of research now into newer battery types and chargers we can only expect more and more improvements in just the next few years. I’d venture to say the improvements will be at a far more rapid pace than for the early gasoline/petrol engines.
See https://thedriven.io/2019/11/24/the-death-of-range-anxiety-in-electric-vehicles/
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Running out of charge in an electric vehicle is no more likely than running out of petrol or diesel.