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Originally Posted by LittleBlackDuck
OMG! 
Range anxiety from an EV owner!
Simon |
I just got done using the route plane on the Nissan's owners portal website. From here to Montrose, the next town over, it says I can make it there just fine with four bars left, and it estimates only one bar left if I use the climate control. But since Montrose is 2,000ft lower than Gunnison I noticed that when I program the return trip it says I want make it unless I don't use any climate control and if I drive "slower." There is a gas station in Cimarron, and I think there's an RV park close to there about half way between Montrose and Gunnison. So as long as they just me charge there I should be fine.
I wonder if there was range anxiety back when motorized vehicles first came about. Can you imagine owning a car with a 10mpg rating, a 15 gallon tank and the next gas station being over 150 miles away? Of course in a gasoline powered car you could just take along another fuel tank. But with an electric you either take along a fuel tank and a generator or a costly battery.