18 July

Ford researched American driving habits, when considering their EV models. More than 50% of Americans only travelled over 200km, 4 or LESS times, every year. The 'range anxiety' debates on EVs assume everybody is a retired boomer travelling all over the countryside, 7 days a week, towing caravans and boats. Not coincidentally the people who do that sort of travelling are often older, and don't like the fact society is changing. EVs to them represent change, a shift out of a social comfort zone. Like computers and phones. EVs already have plenty of range for nearly all of the driving most people do. Range anxiety is a mental illness, it's in the name.