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Analyzing Key Factors That Will Drive Mass Adoption of Electric Vehicles

Battery Range

3-car garage house
Battery Range BEVs Mass Adoption 

Multi-Vehicle Households in the US: A Huge Opportunity For Lower-Range EVs

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As EV fast charging infrastructure gets built out and 200 miles of range can be added in ~20 minutes, then range and charging concerns become secondary to vehicle cost. In the near term, offering shorter-range EVs to 2 or more car households at a lower price point might be one of the key approaches to significantly increasing EV sales in the US.

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Percent of Trips and Vehicle Miles by Trip Length
Battery Range BEVs Statistics 

Average Daily Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) is a Useless Indicator of Required BEV Range by US Consumers

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The average of 30~ vehicle miles traveled per day in the US is an over simplistic statistic that fundamentally ignores the non-average trips most Americans take each year. Using this statistic to argue than Americans do not need longer-range BEVs is simply not realistic and a misuse of the average VMT number.

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Tesla Superchargers map central California Interstate 5
Automaker Battery Range Charging 

New York Times Article On A Road Trip in an EV: What It Got Right

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The electric vehicle community has been in a huge dither the last few days after Ivan Penn, energy reporter for the New York Times wrote what many felt was a hit job on electric vehicles. In fact the article got some things wrong about EVs and road tips, but it also revealed some shortcomings of legacy automakers’ EVs.

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