Swede’s PhotographsGood morning. 💮💮💮
18 November 2025
When I drive through a larger city, I notice far more electric cars than I ever see around my own area, where hybrids are more common.
Whenever I spot an electric car, I think it’s cool, but I can’t help wondering: what do the owners do when they need to take a road trip across the country? Most electric cars only get 250–300 miles per charge, with premium models stretching to about 500. Recharging can take hours, though a Level 3 fast charger can deliver an 80% charge in just 15–45 minutes. Still, I can picture a future where long lines of cars wait their turn at charging stations.
For everyday errands and driving around town, an electric car seems fine—as long as you keep it charged. My guess is that most owners don’t rely on them for cross-country trips. They probably keep a conventional car for that purpose, or maybe rent one. That’s just speculation, though; I don’t personally know anyone who drives an electric car. My nephew once had a Tesla, but he sold it and now drives a pickup.
All that said, I know the future is arriving—well, it’s always arriving. Some might argue there is no future or past, only the present moment. Still, in the larger scheme of things, it won’t be long before electric cars dominate the roads, and internal combustion engines are displayed in museums as relics of another era.
I imagine that not so long ago, a cowboy on horseback caught sight of his first automobile and thought it was astonishing—though not yet practical. He may have wondered where one would even find petrol along the open roads.
“The world’s transitioning to sustainable energy, and there’s really no other way.” — Elon Musk
“You can’t change the conditions of a system without damaging a lot of people, business, practices and habits that go w
ith it.” — Ann Norton Greene, historian of transportation
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