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Range Anxiety? Study shows EV drivers showing less, gas-powered car drivers may have more

EV drivers ventured further distances last year than ever before while those filling their cars with gas were driving shorter distances, according to a new study

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Ed Moltzen
Apr 11, 2023
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We’ve been told, over and over, that a big obstacle to the adoption of Electric Vehicles by driving Americans has been “range anxiety” - that panicky, back-of-the-mind fear that you won’t have enough charge in your battery to get to your destination.

But a study of 11 million drivers by analytics firm Wejo shows that dynamic may be turning on its head.

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