Everything EV-Related You Hadn’t Already Thought Of

But beyond improvements in range and ever-increasing availability of public charging infrastructure, several other lesser-known factors are critical when contemplating an EV.

Electric Vehicles (EVs) have improved by leaps and bounds over the past five years.

The 2017 Nissan Leaf—then one of only a few EVs on the market—had a range of just 107 miles. Today that same vehicle has a range of 215 miles. In fact, most new entry level EVs, like the Chevy Bolt (259 miles range), the upcoming Chevy Equinox (300 miles), the upcoming Blazer (300 miles), VW’s ID.4 (275 miles) and the Kia Niro (253 miles) all have ranges approaching their equivalent internal combustion engine counterparts.

In addition, the number of 2022 models with ranges of at least 300 miles grew to 14 as compared to five from the year before. But beyond improvements in range and ever-increasing availability of public charging infrastructure, several other lesser-known factors are critical when contemplating an EV, including:

  • cold weather range reduction;
  • vehicle charging speed;
  • how the vehicle is heated; and
  • whether the vehicle will be stored in a heated garage.

Posted: March 3, 2023


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