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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: hk2   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?
Date: 12/16/24 10:44 AM
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"What about the long road trips with kids? In the U.S. some of us travel long distances. After 4 hours of driving the three kiddos in the back, all under the age of 10 and strapped in their car seats, are getting restless. You pull in to the only Tesla charging station you can find in an unfamiliar town. It is 20 deg F (-7 C) outside. You tell the children to sit quietly, while going nowhere for 20 minutes. The charging station is in a sketchy part of town and you can't wait to get the h*ll out of there. "

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It's easy to image the worst possibilities. Especially if your starting point is that your ICE has suddenly been replaced by an EV right out of the blue. I imagine that folks that purchase an EV will have sorted these types of things out before leaving the house. As an aside, any place that has charging stations in "a sketchy part of town" certainly has plenty more built out in non-sketchy areas. That decision is on you.

EVs are not the perfect vehicle for everyone. And neither are motorcycles.
A Honda Civic is useless to me for pulling my horse trailer but I don't go around griping about terrible they are. Everyone wears the shoe that fits them best.

I view EVs as still being in their infancy of development. Probably just past their Model-T stage. Battery range & lifespan will continue to improve as will the EV infrastructure. I can envision a time when transportation by ICE will be a novelty akin to the way the horse & buggy is today.




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