I’ve tried to get my head around that, because a lot of my driving is into the city and back, perfect for an ev. But I also do a lot of hauling trailers/boats long distances.
A hybrid truck is perfect, and I’m going to look at them next vehicle. Buying two vehicles doesn’t make sense.
That works at the margin, but I don’t know if that would work if the majority of folks have an EV like that. I’m just thinking in summers or particularly around Christmas, a lot of folks would want to rent a car. I doubt rental agencies would have enough inventory on hand to handle peak rental if the peak was only a handful of days. Maybe more like: if you have two cars, one could be a shorter range EV.
And if we’re talking wasteful, Americans just need to think about buying smaller cars and trucks. My in-laws cannot grasp why I don’t just buy something the size of a Yukon. Because, they say, it’s nice to have the space in case you need it. And I’ve told them that I don’t understand why I’d pay that much more to buy the thing, and that much more to fuel the thing, when I only need it once a year max. Which elicits blank stares.
You’re right. Rental during peak times will be difficult.
There is a $11K hatchback EV being made in China which will soon be available. Maybe not in North America but definitely in other countries. That would be an excellent second vehicle for the daily commute - although driving on North American roads might be too scary in a small vehicle.
https://insideevs.com/news/663595/byd-seagull-ev-priced-11400-usd-gets-10000-orders-first-day/
Meh, buy two, one for each foot.
OK, NOW I’m interested.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a44832015/2024-acura-zdx-revealed/
Not a fan of the SUV style, but drop it a few inches…
One of us, one of us… 
Over time there will be a wider variety of evs that some might find appealing.
Well, it is from Acura and not some start-up with 0 years of making cars, even though the batteries are from GM. My car has some GM designs (GM shared in selling the thing), which are the shittiest parts of the car. Radio (which has been replaced) and the climate controls (for example, defrost has no option to turn off the A/C).
Defrost? Next thing i hear you’ll be using snow tires.
Well, my car currently is the one outside, and there is frost on the windshield a few days out of the year. And, without a heater (the core leaks, and that is $2000 to replace, as it seems to be the first thing put in), getting that frost off takes a lot more time.
I see some physical buttons! I don’t love how they did the roof, with the chrome strip… I think they are trying to make it look less boxy, but I think it just winds up looking like a 2023 interpretation of the landau roof. All you need is to add some vroom vroom sounds and toss one of these in your cupholder and it’ll be perfect. Oh, and figure out how to disable the heat pump so the heater doesn’t work, and you won’t even know it’s a new car.
I’m a hatchback fan. I’d definitely be interested in the ID2. However, seems unlikely VW brings it to the US.
https://insideevs.com/news/682384/vw-id2all-concept-walkaround-brand-ceo/
Won’t be the first time VW has a secret sauce in their vehicles
It would be pretty interesting if the secret sauce in their EV was a diesel engine.
I’d be happy with the ID3 (sized between ID2 and ID4) but VW thinks even that’s too small for the US market.
Good thing they gave me time to start saving 
All cars that I suspected of being, oh i don’t know, the “heavy smokers / coal miners” of the auto industry.
There were issues with some of the batteries about ten or so years ago. Today, we’d like to think batteries are better but we won’t know until the data is in, I guess. Tesla has an 8Y/150k mile warranty on the battery in the S, so you’ve got at least some coverage there.
Yeah, you don’t really need an article to tell you that a Range Rover maybe isn’t the most reliable car you could buy.
It’s obvious that the faster speeds in an EV can cut range, but how much? Here’s an interesting test of 70mph vs 80
https://insideevs.com/reviews/684372/cadillac-lyriq-range-test-comparison/
I’ve noticed this in my wife’s hybrid, but only maybe a 10% drop. I drive it like a granny.
