You are trying too hard! My point was most people don’t have any idea how far they drive a day. They just believe they need it because their ice will do it. I would venture to guess that most people have more than one vehicle. One could be an ice and one electric.
https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1006/ML100621425.pdf Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 9, 2020, at 3:25 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > I may be the exception, but I think you are misusing the statistic. To say > 85% of the people go 35 miles a day says nothing about how often they go, > say, 150+ miles in a day. > > We need a statistic something like: 70% of people exceed 150 miles a day 5 > times a year. This is a completely different statistic. Then you can start to > ask the question of whether they would be comfortable renting something those > 5 times. > > Peri > > << Want to know about the effects of leaf blowers ? > https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "paul dove" <[email protected]> > To: "Peri Hartman" <[email protected]>; "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Sent: 09-Jul-20 1:07:50 PM > Subject: Re: [EVDL] LiFePO4 > >> You are the exception not the rule. The data I have seen says 85% of the >> people go 35 miles a day. I never claimed everyone only needs 100 miles a >> day. I was also speaking of personal experience driving an EV. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Jul 9, 2020, at 10:42 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Paul, >>> 300+ mile range isn't fictional. Or, maybe at least 250 miles. >>> >>> Sure, if you rarely go more than, say, 100 miles in a day you can rent >>> something for the exceptions. >>> >>> Using myself as an example, I need a vehicle that can go 200 miles RT for >>> excursions to the mountains. I go 20-25 times a year which justifies owning >>> a vehicle rather than renting. Plus, with a 15 hour day, I don't want the >>> overhead of another hour or two to rent something. Plus, rental companies >>> generally don't allow driving off paved roads, except for short driveways. >>> >>> I think there are many people who have stories, and in all sorts of >>> manners. I also agree, there are plenty of people who think they need it >>> but don't. >>> >>> Peri >>> > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200709/51900cff/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
