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Hitting 300+ miles on a single charge is no longer a pipe dream.
The words range anxiety entered the lexicon in 1997 courtesy of Richard Acello reporting on the General Motors EV1 for the San Diego Business Journal. GM s EV1 was the first mass-produced EV of the modern automotive era and had a range between 70 and 100 miles. Claiming it would be used for promoting public awareness of electric vehicle capabilities, GM tried to trademark the term range anxiety, The phrase then disappeared along with electric cars until Tesla reared its head and we saw a push for mass-market EV adoption. Now, the term is all but dead, and electric vehicles are on the rise. It s gone due to a mixture of public awareness on how many miles people actually drive, but more because the actual range of EVs has risen dramatically. Now, it s only a factor for those that really log the miles week-in and week-out. These are the cars clocking over 300 miles of range that those people should be looking at in