Great insight, David. I live
Great insight, David. I live in New England and the distances between civilization are relatively short by comparison to other places in the U.S. When we took a vacation to the West we quickly learned that we had better be careful with our fuel. Those "Last fuel for Xhundred miles" signs were a wake-up call for us. In my past career as an on-the-road salesperson in the semiconductor and biopharma industries, there were many days I parked the rental in Santa Clara and walked to meetings all day. Others, in Arizona, Northern California, or Idaho, I would drain the full tank and not have time to fuel up before returning it empty at the airport, thus paying the "fine" for Airport gas. I completely agree with your points. Particularly that not having an EV as the second car is a mistake. We were shopping new Bolts for under $20K here in Mass this past spring. I have mixed feelings about having passed on that. (because of the recall)