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Very timely for me, as I unexpectedly had to ditch my 14-year-old gas Mini yesterday (frame rot because I live in New England). I was aware of this issue, and had already started doing winter-range calculations as I shop for an all-electric replacement. Mostly this will be an around-town second car so range basically doesn't matter, but the one long trip I might want to do is 160 miles in winter. I was figuring I'd need 200+ nominal to feel comfortable, but the models I'm looking at are above 90% (not bad IMO) so it could be a bit less. Turns out it's a moot point, though, because there's basically nothing except some Porsches and Audis that are above 170 but below 215. FWIW, here's a handy table for anyone else in a similar shopping situation.

https://insideevs.com/news/566954/bev-epa-range-comparison-f...



> frame rot because I live in New England

If you mean salt, then you can get a mechanic/etc to spray an undercoating reach year to keep the rust away.


I've been doing that, but it still happened. Same with my wife's last car, though less excusable in that case because it was only half as old. Just one of the things we have to put up with, I guess.




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