If this pilot program goes well, we expect major expansion.
We won t go into all of the reasons why you shouldn t have range anxiety about electric vehicles here, but we have to hit the big ones. The average American drives 29 miles a day, which would be served by literally any EV. Do you have a cell phone that you charge almost every night? And it usually lasts all day? You re good. But if you re still a little anxious, a bunch of fast chargers could be coming to a 7 Eleven near you.
Like Volkswagen, Lamborghini and almost all the automakers we follow, the iconic convenience store is also trying to shrink its carbon footprint, hoping by 2030 to reduce its emissions by 50%. We re not sure if adding at least 500 Direct Current Fast Charging ports at 250 US and Canadian stores well help the bottom line, but we re happy for the addition.
Repairs and maintenance costs are six times higher than your average Honda.
There are tons of kept promises behind our EV future. Clean air was one of them. Filling up at home is a huge bonus. We re not scared of range anymore because of big batteries like in the Ford F-150 Lightning and Tesla Model S Plaid, and even the motorsports and enthusiast world has mostly signed on. More of our power is now coming from renewable resources than ever before. But with electric motors, and driveshaft-free drivetrains, and less moving parts, we were told these things would be cheap to own and operate. So far that s not the case.