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range anxiety

/reɪnʤ æŋˈzaɪəti/
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Other forms: range anxieties

Range anxiety is a specific kind of unease about the battery life of electric cars, which is usually felt by people who aren't used to electric vehicles. Often, people are worried that they might get stranded somewhere.

It's very natural to be worried about getting stranded in a car because it's a stressful situation that's difficult to handle. Range anxiety is a specific fear that the battery in an electric vehicle might run out before you reach your destination, and that you might end up stranded with no way to charge your car's battery back up. The term itself was first recorded in 1997, but electric cars have been around since the 1800s!

Definitions of range anxiety
  1. noun
    the fear that an electric car will run out of charge before reaching its destination
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