Just to keep track of them in my head. Cheapest available configuration for announced/available 7-seater EV SUVs in the US:

• R1S: $78k - 260mi
• EV9: $57k - 230mi
• EX90: $77k - TBD - “Up to 300”

Not including the 7-seater Teslas because even if they’re technically SUVs, they IMO too tiny to matter for anyone who actually cares about regularly filling them with people of any size.

Tell me you live near one of the coasts without telling me you live near one of the coasts.

FWIW, there are plenty of places in the country where this is true. But once you get, say, a few hundred miles east of the Pacific Ocean, things can get significantly worse.

I took a trip this morning that didn’t have a single charger above 50kw for a 196 mile stretch. We’ve got another semi-frequent road trip route that’s 260 miles between DCFC locations.

I’m in favor of this in principle, and things are definitely getting better, but there are still places where charging to 100% is gonna be a requirement, especially in winters when many of those places overlap with “places with quite cold winters.”

As the owner of an EV, I’m a bit worried about depreciation.

As a parent of several children who will be going away to college and likely need cars when they do, I’ve been making mental guesses about how long it’ll be before one of them gets an EV when that happens, because it’s much cheaper than ICE equivalents.

The one that’s going in 3-years? Possibly. 7 years? Quite likely. 11? I’d be shocked if they didn’t leave home with an affordable used EV.