A handful of electric vehicles can now travel more than 300 miles (483 km) on a single charge.
That’s the so-called “sweet spot” and it’s 10 times farther than the average American travelled everyday before the pandemic. However, many people remain skeptical about driving an EV over long distances.
Those concerns are understandable as America’s charging infrastructure can be hit or miss, especially in rural areas. Drivers also need to spend plenty of time recharging as opposed to a quick five minute fill-up in vehicles with internal combustion engines.
That didn’t stop Sergio Rodriguez from taking his 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E First Edition on a coast-to-coast trip from Murrieta, California to Saint Marys, Georgia. That’s a distance of 2,428 miles (3,907 km), which is far more than the vehicle’s EPA-estimated range of 270 miles (435 km).