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Originally Posted by Travelin' Texans
Just can't get my head wrapped around these hybrid/electric cars! If I run out of fuel miles from nowhere someone can bring some fuel, with electric who going to have a 50 mile long extension cord.
I'm from Texas & a 25 mile charge isn't going to get you very far unless it has solar panels or wind charging as there's lots of sun & wind.
Until forced I'll stick with a good ole fashioned internal combustion fossil fueled vehicle.
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Well in a plugin hybrid: when you have gone the 25 miles the gas engine fires up and you get another 600+ miles easy peasy (its all automatic you don't have to pay attention to anything if you don't want to...just drive it).
For a pure battery car sure, the early ones that could only go 70 miles you'd have to plan a bit but that would be not much difference between having a gas car that could only go 70 miles--you'd still plan a bit. I had my 70 mile EV for 3 years--it never left me stranded you know how far you can go, just like a gas car.
How often have you ever run out of fuel? I think you are over thinking it.
For me the big difference with the EV was "fuel cost": I have a really cheap overnight rate for electricity: It was costing me $40/month to drive 1000 miles (even with the C-Max its only about $50/month for those 1000 miles of driving).
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