Lithium Storage Battery Shelf Life ?

Electric for short distances. I like the projected battery total lifespan. But outside of highly developed areas a person would be royally screwed. As long as the battery maintenance program controls the system I would have a difficult time coming up with an intelligent alternative for distances up to 100 miles from ground zero. Home. Spending a half hour twiddling my, er, fingers, for a freshening charge on a 200 mile excursion would (test) my patience. Until I moved 500 miles closer to the border, a 400 mile round trip monthly to purchase pesos, and medicines and groceries was SOP. I would leave at dawn and return at dusk. Jeezo I cen't even dawn and sunset it, here because of the border wait. To add an hour or so to recharge would mean "driving at night in Mexico". "Pass the used dinosaurs, please".

FLYING: Tijuana to Zihuatanejo round-trip - $2100 US Dollars plus a 5 hour layover in Mexico City. I would rather drive. From the airport to the house is a 5 hour round trip.

Different strokes. People living in Manhattan shrink from the idea of paying four hundred dollars for a parking space then ten dollars coming and going for a taxi ride. My toad "comfortable range" is 330 miles then a ten minute gasoline stop. Think USA utility companies are not going to adjust power rates? Hahahaha you funny, GI.