> "The weighted average trip distance is 9.4 miles. Vehicles owned by urban households averaged 8.5 miles and rural vehicles averaged 12.1 miles." [0]
In the U.S, a considerably larger country than Ireland, greater-than-EV-range journeys are outliers.
The same purchasing decisions that are applied to vehicle capacity will get applied to range. People don't own large vans for the once-in-a-decade they move house with all their furniture. Owning an EV that can do 200 miles might be the norm, but the regular journeys are <10% of that.
In the U.S, a considerably larger country than Ireland, greater-than-EV-range journeys are outliers.
The same purchasing decisions that are applied to vehicle capacity will get applied to range. People don't own large vans for the once-in-a-decade they move house with all their furniture. Owning an EV that can do 200 miles might be the norm, but the regular journeys are <10% of that.
[0] http://www.solarjourneyusa.com/EVdistanceAnalysis7.php