Why “mile” is being discussed
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Robotaxis by 2020 18 mile hyperloop between downtown Chicago and O’Hare Airport Humans on Mars by 2024 SpaceX would be flying private citizens around the Moon by 2018. March 202…
by guelo · Sep 28, 2026
Compared the old 2020 Leaf the current model has around 387 mile range, which I think is enough that I wouldn't worry about range. They also charge a lot faster now it's using a…
by Lio · Sep 28, 2026
I think a big part of this in the US is that the country is just very big, and between cites are very large rural areas. Yes, for a lot of people their daily commute and errands…
by SoftTalker · Sep 28, 2026
> A 2 hr trip becoming a three hour trip only has to happen to you once a week for a few weeks before you realize the limitations. Even if you’re driving at 80, that’s a 160 mil…
by testing22321 · Sep 28, 2026
Why would I engage when we have a gazillion statistics on driving habits and population density, and EVs work great to cover them? We have a vocal minority that keeps stoking EV…
by WarmWash · Sep 28, 2026
> For example in the US it makes perfect sense to own an EV in California, but no sense in Texas for example. It makes a lot of sense to own and operate an EV in Texas. At my cu…
by vel0city · Sep 28, 2026
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The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of length; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised as a unit of length between the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States by an international agreement in 1959, when the yard was formally redefined with respect to SI units as 0.9144 metres, making the mile exactly 1609.344 metres. For everyday use, five miles equates roughly to eight kilometres. Mileage is the term used informally for a distance expressed in miles. Read more on Wikipedia