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admranger · 06-20-2022, 07:13 PM

600 mile range is important for rural travel. I looked into an eTron but couldn't make it to my family farm from the last charging station with enough juice to get back. 110v charging at the AirBnB that I stay at when I'm working on the farm is not a good solution.

As infrastructure improves over the next 20-40 years, a 600 mile range will become unnecessary. Charging points will be as common as gas stations.

This argument is no different than the horse and buggy folks talking about getting gasoline for the horseless carriages in the early days of the automobile.

06-20-2022, 07:13 PM	#21
admranger Retired Curmudgeon 2985 Rep 4,047 Posts Drives: ‘19 X3M40i, ‘18 m550i Join Date: May 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV iTrader: (1)	600 mile range is important for rural travel. I looked into an eTron but couldn't make it to my family farm from the last charging station with enough juice to get back. 110v charging at the AirBnB that I stay at when I'm working on the farm is not a good solution. As infrastructure improves over the next 20-40 years, a 600 mile range will become unnecessary. Charging points will be as common as gas stations. This argument is no different than the horse and buggy folks talking about getting gasoline for the horseless carriages in the early days of the automobile. __________________ '19 X3 M40 Carbon Black/Oyster, '23 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Summit, Past BMWs: '18 M550i, '18 330 GT, '16 X5 40e, '11 E90M3, '06 X5 4.4, '03 330i ZHP, '02 M3, '97 Z3 2.8, '95 M3 (2x), '94 530i (manual), '92 525i (manual), '88 M3, '87 325iS
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