There is a popular belief that people who live in rural areas of America are not good candidates for electric cars. They drive too far, there aren’t enough EV chargers available to charge them when away from home, and they can’t tow a 6-stall horse trailer up and over the mountains on the way to the next rodeo.
. Rural drivers “spend more to get around, which can impose an enormous economic burden on families.”report and decided to ask some actual rural drivers of electric cars what their experience has been. Yes, it is not a scientific survey, two is a rather small sample size. But there are important lessons to be learned nonetheless.
Like most drivers of electric cars, the Dockerys charge their ID.4 mostly at home and use apps to plan longer trips around charging station availability. Juliana said even though she is excited to hear that more charging infrastructure are coming to their area, the family has already been able to get everywhere they need to go without drama.