tron67j
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Wow, driving an hour and a half one way and going 300 miles a day, that is really moving. Tried to add a funny emoji but they disappeared.Working in construction I do not see an ev being of any use on the jobsite. First off it's very rarely that you get to work close to home. My average daily commute from March to the end of October is an hour and a half one way. I would need at the very least 300 miles of range otherwise I would be stopping somewhere most days to plug it in. Then comes break and lunch time. You're sweating your **** off working finally get to take a break you go to your ev and want some ac but you can't because you have to save your battery so you can make it home without stopping to charge it.
On all the jobsites I've been too I have never once heard a guy say he wishes he had an ev. From the peons to the superintendents. Of course for the peons hybrid or a good gas mileage beater I've heard countless times and the same reason I keep my 2 door 35-39mpg pontiac. All the tools you would use that could be powered by an ev are already cordless. The higher powered tools you pretty much need a generator to run them. I've given the boss crap before saying he's just waiting til they make an ev with enough payload so he can trade in his 1 ton and move the generator/welder that's currently in his bed to the ev then he won't have to stop and plug it in.
I know there's a lot of different types of "construction" but doing bridge work. An ev would not fly at all.
But I hear you. I used to install pools in the summer and fence in the winter. I would have my construction truck running to thaw fingers and cool my head. If I had to worry about range, just dang...