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I love talking to people that I know with range anxiety when I know they could charge every night at their home.
And then they start on about "What about long trips?", and I've known them for over 20 years, and the only travel they've ever done is from the airport.
Seriously, are they getting paid ? I don't get why they feel obliged to just talk about scenarios that don't even apply to them.
This is also why they buy those massive 4WDs as city and suburban people. It's for the imaginary off road camping trip they are definitely going to go on...one day. Could just buy a normal car and hire the 4WD, but no - they plan their entire life around the one thing that will never actually happen.
Suburban people buy SUVs because they’re big with lots of space, and they’re safer. It’s a circular thing too, because when everyone else has one you need one to be “safer” in an accident, rinse and repeat.
99% of them aren’t 4WD. The number of actual 4WDs you see driving around are negligible. Most SUVs don’t even have a AWD option, let alone 4WD.
And also they don't want to admit to themselves they actually need a minivan.
That’s the loss of space part, but minivans are more like regular cars than SUVs in terms of safety.
Unfortunately the best way to avoid dying in a car crash because a SUV hit you is to be in an SUV.