July 30, 2012
PSYCHOLOGY, NOT TECHNOLOGY:
Electric cars: How many miles will kill 'range anxiety'? : Most electric car charges last longer than 95 percent of the trips made in the US, but 'range anxiety' is still a major drawback for many potential electric car buyers. How many miles will it take to curb that fear? (Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield, July 29, 2012, CS Monitor)
Even though research clearly shows that present electric cars can satisfy the requirements of 95 percent of all trips made in the U.S., many car buyers say electric cars need to travel further per charge before they'll consider buying one. [...]With battery technology improving, building an electric car with a range of 120 miles per charge within the next few years seems technologically feasible.More importantly, with electric car battery prices already dropping faster than analysts previously predicted they would, a larger capacity battery pack capable of 120 miles of range per charge is much more likely than it was even two years ago.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 30, 2012 5:33 AM
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