CNET:

I’ve heard it, you’ve heard it and anyone remotely familiar with electric cars has heard it: range and charging anxiety. It’s the fear of running out of charge while driving, or not finding a proper plug to juice up the car before hitting the road again.

Well, here’s a not-so-shocking revelation: Owning an electric car actually eases those anxieties. AAA released its latest EV study on Wednesday and it found car buyers shouldn’t dismiss battery-powered cars until they actually live with one.

After surveying 40,000 electric vehicle owners, plus another 1,000-plus plug-in hybrid owners, AAA concluded that owning an EV is the best prescription for the unknown factors surrounding them. In total, 71% of those surveyed were first-time EV buyers, and 96% of them said they would shop for another EV. Don’t knock the EV life until you try the EV life.

Anecdotally, I’ve heard similar from the few Tesla and Leaf owners I know. The dealbreaker for me is this though:

It’s rare someone will blow through an entire, say, 200-mile range in one day. The average EV driver goes 39 miles per day.

At least on my motorcycle, I regularly and easily do that much in a day four days out a week. An electric car that can’t do 300-400 miles on a charge means I’ll never own an electric car.