A Canadian family set on trying electric learned the hard way how frustrating a road trip with an electric vehicle can be. Sure, these EVs work well for short drives in town, but the shortage of charging stations across our vast country makes longer trips nearly impossible. And don't even get me started on how long it takes to charge one of these things. In the end, this family had to leave their $115,000 (CAD) Ford F-150 Lightning Lariat on the side of the road in Minnesota and rent a regular old gasoline-powered vehicle.
From Louder With Crowder:
Dalbir Bala called the event a "nightmare frustration." He wanted to switch to clean energy and lower fuel costs. So he bought a Ford F-150 Lightning Lariat for $115,000 and spent $16,000 to install chargers at his home and work. Though be fair, that's in Canadian money. In normal American money, he only spent $85,500 and $11,900.
Then he attempted to take his family on a road trip to Chicago. Bala mapped out three stops to recharge. The second stop in Minnesota was when "we decided we don't want any more distraction or any frustration." The chargers didn't work and they could find anyone to help them or tell them why the chargers didn't work.
So they rented a gas guzzler to finish his trip.
It is an all too common occurrence. Drivers are suffering "range anxiety" from having to recharge their EV twelve times to make a trip. Or by needing fifteen hours to go 178 miles. My gas-powered Nissan? Three and a half hours. Four if I decide to have lunch at a rest stop.
Last year, a reporter attempted a road trip in order to sing the praises and virtues of going green. Instead? "Fumes never smelled so sweet."
This is yet another clear sign of how disconnected the government and liberal elites are from regular Americans.
Many of us reside in towns where we have to commute an hour or more just to reach work or run errands. And there definitely aren't many fast-charging stations along those routes.
Combine that with the sky-high prices of these vehicles and the apparent battery stability problems, and it's simply unreasonable to think that middle-class Americans would be snapping up these cars.
