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How often do you drive 500 miles in day?

I live in Montana. This means that a 500 mile EPA range (which i read as 500 miles on a mild day with no accessories activated) is going to mean a real range of around 400, cut down to 200 when the weather inevitability drops and stays below -10f (Tesla owners in MT were reporting exactly that - half the range in the cold weather).

200m, if you allow for an emergency buffer, can be a trip from home to the city around here. Or going from one city to another.

Texas offers similar length trips, just with AC instead of heating.

I’m so tired of this argument. Any amount more than 0 precipitates a need for a vehicle with that range.

You mean even if I drive, say, 10 miles per day, I need a car that does 500+ miles on a single tank?

In clear conditions on well traveled roads, nah.

But I also just watched a video where a bridge closure turned a 7 minute drive into a 4.5 hour drive one way.

And I’ve been stuck behind a winter road closure that lasted several hours (after being several hours into our trip).

Got it. So much more extreme situations than "anything above 0".

My point is that going above 0 exposes you to extremes, especially the further north you go.

Risk management is important.

You mean "above 0" degrees? Or is 0 latitude? I really don't understand what "above 0" means here. I thought it was kilometers/miles.

It was in response to “how often do you do X”, so I took it to mean # of times you need to do X that is more than 0

everything makes sense now, thanks

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