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<blockquote data-quote="DriverNerd" data-source="post: 5132466" data-attributes="member: 61439">1.&nbsp; Agreed.&nbsp; Power plants take way longer to create and implement than anything.&nbsp; We need a serious upgrade and investment and politics slows that progress to a crawl.2.&nbsp; With the coming advancements in battery technology this isn&#039;t much of a worry to me in the long run.&nbsp; We have so many companies currently working on alternatives.3.&nbsp; Electric companies are making 400-500 mile range EV&#039;s now.&nbsp; Mercedes has promised 600 miles in the near future.&nbsp; One company put their batteries in place of a Model S&#039; and made it over 700 miles.&nbsp; With battery advancements growing so rapidly I don&#039;t think we&#039;ll have an EV under 300 miles by the end of the decade.&nbsp; 300 miles is a long drive without stopping for food or bathroom.&nbsp; Some of the current generation EV&#039;s that have less than 200 miles range (usable in a cold climate) making long trips pretty troublesome.&nbsp; I certainly wouldn&#039;t want to stop that often, especially for 20-30 minutes at a time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriverNerd, post: 5132466, member: 61439"] 1. Agreed. Power plants take way longer to create and implement than anything. We need a serious upgrade and investment and politics slows that progress to a crawl. 2. With the coming advancements in battery technology this isn't much of a worry to me in the long run. We have so many companies currently working on alternatives. 3. Electric companies are making 400-500 mile range EV's now. Mercedes has promised 600 miles in the near future. One company put their batteries in place of a Model S' and made it over 700 miles. With battery advancements growing so rapidly I don't think we'll have an EV under 300 miles by the end of the decade. 300 miles is a long drive without stopping for food or bathroom. Some of the current generation EV's that have less than 200 miles range (usable in a cold climate) making long trips pretty troublesome. I certainly wouldn't want to stop that often, especially for 20-30 minutes at a time. [/QUOTE]

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