Anxiety over taking long EV trips becoming a thing of the past

Anxiety over taking long EV trips becoming a thing of the past
The BYD Atto 3: charging ahead. (Image: Go Rentals)
Brent Melville
Range anxiety – the fear of having your electric vehicle lurch to a stop in the middle of nowhere – is a real thing.It's cited as the most common argument against owning a pure electric vehicle. It also has implications for motorists going abroad, who don’t have confidence in being able to plug into a roadside charger on their chosen route when travelling on foreign roads.The subject sparked my interest when I was offered one of Go Rentals' latest additions to its rental fleet, a BYD Atto 3.Golf planThe plan was to tes...

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