I still maintain that it is more environmentally responsible to have one car rather than a commuter car and a car for longer trips. One car means less use of mining, manufacturing, and all the energy used to make and sell those extra cars. Buy less is best. Until the EVs have lots more chargers and longer range, a gasoline powered one car family makes more sense to me.
For the benefit of those who can’t open the article, here’s their ranking of states, with Washington being the state with the most savings by going electric, through New Hampshire with the least savings.
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Idaho
Utah
California
Arizona
Montana
Wyoming
Illinois
Colorado
North Dakota
Alaska
District of Columbia
South Dakota
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Minnesota
New Mexico
Delaware
Iowa
Missouri
North Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Ohio
Oklahoma
Indiana
Michigan
Florida
Arkansas
Kansas
Georgia
Vermont
Texas
Tennessee
Louisiana
New York
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Maine
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Hawaii
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
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I don’t think this matters at all if you are buying used.
I recently did a road trip (~700 miles each way, plus local driving at the destination) with an EV. Not really much of an issue, since the (short) charging stops were at similar intervals as bladder stops. So no special long trip car is needed.
Of course, another option if your long trips are not your main type of driving is to choose the optimal car for your daily driving, but rent a car for the long trip. Maybe you want a big van for the long trip to carry all of your stuff, but do not want to drive a big van daily, for example.
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