Range anxiety – or charger drama? Australians are buying hybrid cars because they don’t trust public chargers

Range anxiety – or charger drama? Australians are buying hybrid cars because they don’t trust public chargers

VisualArtStudio/ShutterstockRange anxiety has long been seen as the main obstacle stopping drivers from going electric. But range isn’t the real issue. The average range of a new electric vehicle (EV) is more than 450 kilometres, and top models offer more than 700km per charge. By contrast, the average car is driven about 33km per day in Australia as of 2020. What’s really going on is charger anxiety – the question of whether you can find somewh…

Australians don’t drive much, so why all the fuss about public EV chargers?

Busting the myth that the lack public charging is an impediment to most people owning and driving an EV is an urgent priority for our industry. The post Australians don’t drive much, so why all the fuss about public EV chargers? appeared first on The Driven.