Science Says Your EV Range Anxiety Is Nonsense

If you have the money and want an electric vehicle with the longest possible range, the Lucid Air is the way to go. Pick the right version, and it comes with an EPA-estimated range of 520 miles. Take the right route, and that’s enough to drive from Atlanta, Georgia to Richmond Virginia without stopping. No sane person drives more than eight hours without even pulling off to use the bathroom, but technically, you could do it. For most people, though, that kind of range is total overkill. Heck, even 300 miles of range is more than a lot of people are ever going to need.

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ArsTechnica reports that a recently released study from the University of Deleware studied people’s driving habits over the course of a year in the Atlanta area and then created a model to see which EVs would meet those drivers’ needs.

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They found that out of the 333 drivers in the study, many didn’t need a long-range EV at all. In fact, almost 38 percent of drivers would have been able to make 100 percent of their trips throughout the year with a small, lower-range EV such as the Nissan Leaf.