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Agreed. Right now EVs are almost strictly superior for day to day usage (only real downside is that the higher weight goes through tires faster). But for road trips, combustion vehicles blow them out of the water. If I'm taking a 12 hour road trip, no way am I going to take an EV if that means I will have to spend an extra hour or two charging it.

My wife has an EV and it's genuinely really nice. But until they get the charging experience on par with the speed of filling up a gas tank, we will always have one of our two cars be a combustion car, to give us that extra flexibility for long trips.



For once or twice a year road trip I’d just rent a combustion car, otherwise it’ll just be sitting in the garage not good as a daily driver.


Or just eat an extra few minutes of charging time once or twice a year; it's simply not a big deal. Charging at home saves me so much time relative to getting gas that the occasional road trip wait is already overcompensated for. ICE/hybrid only saves you time if you can't charge at home or do lots of road trip type driving.



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