US Electric Cars Set Record With Almost 300-Mile Average Range
The average range for an EV in the US has quadrupled since 2011, and is today a third higher than the average globally.
Mammoth Lakes, California, is a 300-mile road trip from Los Angeles — a drive that some EVs can now make without stopping to charge.
Photographer: Mette Lampcov/BloombergAmerican drivers like everything supersized: spacious SUVs, hulking pickup trucks, the wide open road. It only makes sense, now that everything is going electric, that they also demand the world’s biggest batteries.
The average electric car sold in the US is fast approaching 300 miles between charges, according to a Bloomberg analysis of more than a decade of EV sales. Last year’s average range climbed to 291 miles, putting the US average above all other major car markets and a third higher than the global average.
America’s distaste for small vehicles is so great that automakers don’t even attempt to import many of their popular low-range models, such as the Fiat 500e city car — Europe’s fourth best-selling EV — or China’s top-selling EV, the Hongguang Mini.