60-100 miles on a charge? Gee, that’s not inconvenient. Does the author realize how fast you can rack up 60 miles, just running errands?
Real World Leaf Range 27 - 38 miles
http://www.plugincars.com/real-world-leaf-range-27-38-miles.html
So true, plus in a small town like ours we can save between 10% to 40% by shopping in Eugene at an Asian market (40%) and Trader Joe’s (10%). All we can get here at less cost are vegetables. Of course the Asian market is 140 miles round trip. My concern is that under Elisabeth Warren, electric cars will be mandatory for families.
This are NOT road trip cars...they are commuters where you plug them in every night. Thus 25 miles to work, 25 miles return...stop and get milk & run errands. Plug in after work.
Repeat.
Not a fan boy of electric cars, just saying 60 miles is fine for an average commuter car in an urban/suburban setting.
Short answer, NO
Yuliya Chernova was born in Russia, graduated from Brown University, lives in Brooklyn, and writes for the Wall Street Journal on green energy, startups. Probably doesn't even own a car and may not have driven one for years. But, she is going to tell you how to live your life.
The author of this little quiz is being dishonest by omission.
Its improper to ask a question about range, without listing the conditions...and the question simply assumes the best possible conditions.
I happen to know that when I’m driving in really cold weather, I rely very much on my carbon belching engine to heat my bones, and keep the frost and ice off the windshield. This rare event happens...every single year.
So I would love to know how much electric energy it takes to keep things warm in the winter, and how that affects range. Intuitively I’m fairly confident that I won’t be traveling that far in the cold, and I’ll probably be wearing gloves. No thanks.
I do at least 70 miles a day, just to work and back, on some hills and sometimes in the snow.
Electric car-Ain’t gonna happen.