Lose Your Range Anxiety

Sep 8, 2016

One of the biggest reasons why people in the market for a new vehicle have not considered an electric car is because of “Range Anxiety”. Range Anxiety is an overwhelming feeling that the driver of an electric car experiences while driving. The concern is about reaching their destination or a charging station before the battery dies.

For a long time, this was a reasonable issue. How many times can you tell your boss you were late because your car died? Or how terrible would it be to only get half way home with the groceries? Plain and simple, these scenarios would be inconvenient. But, according to a new study done by Jessika Trancik and her colleagues at MIT, this concern it now a moot point.

According to the study, the electric vehicles on lots today, like those at Destination Nissan, can handle about 90 percent of all car travel in the U.S. In addition to that, currently available electric cars could replace 87 percent of the personal vehicles and everyone would have no issues getting to and from their destinations.

“It’s taking the approach of empowering people with information, which often today they don’t have,” Trancik says. “These changes can happen from the ground. And I think the area of personal transportation is just so exciting for that reason, because private citizens can really make a difference today.”

If you now find that you’ve been rid of your Range Anxiety, stop by Destination Nissan for a test drive in a beautiful new LEAF!

Caruso, Catherine. “Why Range Anxiety for Electric Cars Is Overblown.”MIT Technology Review. N.p., 15 Aug. 2016. Web. 08 Sept. 2016.