I am a true believer of a electric future & have been driving all electric for the last one year. But for folks, who is planning to go electric, let me tell you it’s not all black & white.

It’s like using a mobile phone which shows a certain battery level but depending on how you use it, the levels vary. One might think that’s quite a logical thing even for gasoline cars but this is something you come to realise as you really start using your electric car.

So my daily driver averages around 150 kms mostly on motorway where my average speed is 120 kmph & I drive on a 40 Kw battery.

This sort of complicates things for me because at 120 kmph, my battery usage is not in the ‘economy’ mode just to borrow a phrase from gasoline cars lingo.

So when I start my journey here to work(Dublin) the car has 66% charge & says it can go 145 km on it. Meaning once I reach the destination, I should have enough juice to come back home or say roughly 80km range.

Fast forward the spotify playlist &2/3 listening to news on local radio once I reach the destination, the car battery is at 21% ( 46km range) after travelling just 65 kms. This means I have to plugin somewhere If in need to get back home. Now this is the case if just me who’s in the car, if the car is fully loaded or have more passengers, this number would vary again.

Now there is nothing surprising here, it works exactly the same way for gasoline cars but just that to refill you only need to drop in and takes 5/10 mins tops.

This is not an issue for electric cars or a defect but comes down to two very important must knows for anyone who wants to switch to electric,

1. If your average daily commute is an average of 150 kms, buy a battery pack which is 60kw+

2. Either way you have to plan your commute & charge points in advance.

So when you decide to jump to the Future is electric bandwagon, be prepared to do some changes in the way you plan your trip.