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DOE: Median EV range in MY 2024 reached a record high of 283 miles per charge

The median range of all-electric vehicles (EVs) for model year (MY) 2024 reached a record high of 283 miles per charge, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). That is a gain of 13 miles from the previous model year and more than four times higher than the median range for MY 2011.

The highest maximum range for an EV certified by the EPA was the Lucid Air Dream Edition sedan in MY 2022, rated at 520 miles per charge.

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Source: US Department of Energy and US Environmental Protection Agency


Comments

Bernard

That's 455 km to our non-US friends.
EV range is similar to real-world gasoline range. Don't forget that you need to keep your gas tank above 1/4 if you don't want to kill your fuel pump, and you have to drive out of our way to get to a gas station. It's been decades since they've allowed new gas stations near populated areas of my city, and all of the old downtown gas stations have been decontaminated and replaced with much more lucrative land use.

The only major impediment left for electrification is cheaper EVs. The rest of the world is getting those, but US residents may have to wait 4+ years for trade restrictions to ease.

Herman

Interesting information from the USA!

There are already inexpensive BEVs, but customers want SUVs and pickups!!! Now in the EU and Germany you can buy or lease the Dacia Wind from the Renault Group and the LeapMotors from Stellantis, both of which are small cars, for under 20,000 euros!!!

By the way, you can also buy or lease used Renault ZOE and Fiat 500-e very cheaply.

Regarding refueling with petrol, diesel or LPG:

Well, my current small car uses 5 liters of petrol per 100km and I can drive 700km with it. I can refuel anywhere and cheaply. The petrol stations are also always on the route I take. A sat nav is not necessary here!

Note:
If you want to, you can drive a BEV and if you don't, you can love the ICE forever, now with HVO diesel and e-fuels...

Jer

These stats will be unclear and misleading when PHEVs, likely gas+battery, but possibly H2/FC, start to dominate the US market in medium to larger personal vehicles. I look forward to the profitable and thoroughly high-performance/luxury aspects of such vehicles ascending well into the 2030s. The US auto market did not grow and prosper (and consequently the economy) over the decades on compacts and small sedans.

Bernard

Jer, can you explain what part of the stats you find unclear? The first sentence establishes that they relate only to "all-electric vehicles (EVs)", so I'm not sure why you mention various fossil cars.
Some EVs are "compacts and small sedans," but most are not. It's mostly crossovers and pickups, just like gasoline cars.

Jer

"... Jer, can you explain what part of the stats you find unclear? ..."
Because, Bernard, we can only trust that this Blog will carry relevant and timely graphs of the valid significant vehicle type, which will not be the BEVs in the coming decade, at least not in the markets that matter; they will be PHEVs, likely 2:1 or more in the category of 'real cars' (weighing at least 2,800 lbs (curb) and can carry a family of 4 with overnight luggage). Charge/ range, etc., over time (MYs) will not matter and cannot reasonably be judged as it depends on driver behaviour and local circumstances. (At least part) Fossil fuel cars will be around in significant size, numbers, and makes well past 2050 in the markets that matter, so it is only reasonable to speak of them as the significant and perennial fixtures that they are, despite the consistently absurd political notions others may have.

Bernard

Jer, I'm sure that if you look around you will realize that there are other articles on this site, many of which talk about fossil cars. This one happens to be about median EV range in the US, so it's not about fossil cars.
You can't win 'em all, Jer, but also you don't have to read 'em all. Especially if the topic upsets you.

Steve Reynolds

Bernard, you seem to want to live in an EV bubble.
Comparing advantages of EVs to other options is of interest to me at least.

Bernard

Steve, this article is about BEVs. Other articles here are not. I'm not sure why reading this article (which you did as well) puts anyone in a bubble. All it says is that the median range of BEVs sold in the US for the 2024 model year was around 450km, and that this median is higher than in previous years. Hardly seems controversial.

My take on it is that 450 km is similar to what fossil cars achieve in real life, without running the tank dry. It's a median, so you can get more range if that's a priority, just like you can with gasoline cars (diesel isn't statistically significant for passenger cars and light trucks in the US).

yoatmon

Sometimes some individuals are forced to accept certain solutions by law for the welfare of everyone because they are incapable to make decisions for their own well being. Gone are the times where anyone could just act and do according to his own whims. This planet is overpopulated and there are just too many acting in a destructive and careless manner which is detrimental to the planet and to life itself.
Normally matured grownups instruct their children "not to play with matches" to avoid impeding disastrous events. Sadly, some alleged grownups never mature to enable themselves to interpret their actions correctly to avoid self-constructed pitfalls no matter how severe the final results may be..

CharlotteMurphy

Thank you for being my rock and standing by my side.
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