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I think a Tesla is rated for about 3 miles per kwh and you'd be lucky to get 15 miles per gallon in an ICE truck at 2.6$/gallon in places like Texas. So 1 gallon == ~5-10kwh assuming that very generous & awesome milage and low price for petrol. So you get about 3-4x the miles for the same money with an EV when we pretend that holds up (i.e. just double/triple the numbers for your actual cost).

Rural means limited access to infrastructure, including petrol stations. Especially when those start going out of business because of people switching to EVs, this will induce some range anxiety for ICE vehicle owners that already have to spend a lot of money on fuel just for the detours they have to make to refuel (50-100 miles). When petrol stations start going out of business, it will be the small unprofitable rural ones that go first. Margins for those are shit to begin with and even a few percent drop in demand is going to impact them heavily. And it will be more than a few percent. Worse, remaining hybrids and ICE vehicles will be competing on range and efficiency. Which means less revenue for petrol stations charging per gallon.

With an EV, any kind of wall socket will be able to charge you (though probably not at a great speed). That includes the one you have at home. With this thing you leave with 500 mile range in the morning. In case that that is not enough, any surviving petrol stations that are functioning will likely have wall sockets and if the owners are somewhat enterprising they might invest in high capacity chargers. If you are unlucky enough that there is no super charger in a 100 mile radius, that should cover your emergency needs. Generally it is going to be much easier to find the nearest functioning wall socket than a petrol station. The absolute worst case is that you run out of battery due to spectacularly poor planning and then somebody with another EV (i.e. battery on wheels) drives up to you to give you a few kwh. Mobile charging infrastructure is going to be a thing.



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